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From: marlene@arc.ab.ca (Marlene Jones)
Subject: problems with power tools ShowList XCMD
Message-ID: <1991Apr23.232505.6186@arc.ab.ca>
Organization: Alberta Research Council
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 91 23:25:05 GMT

I am having problems using the optional placement parameters
<horzLoc>,<vertLoc> in the ShowList XCMD included with the power
tools stack.  In particular, whenever I include the <vertLoc>
parameter, the location of the dialog defaults to the center of
the current stack window.  If I use only the <horzLoc> parameter,
I get the expected behavior (except that the dialog window is placed
globally without referencing the current stack window location).

The documentation for this XCMD included with the power tools stack
is clearly incorrect because it includes an example that modifies the
default horizontal location without including the *necessary*
"textToSelect" parameter that determines which item of the scrolling
list is initially highlighted.

Can anyone in the know help?  I really need to put this dialog in
the center of the screen w/o regard to the location of the current
stack.

Thanks!