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From: goodill_eric@tandem.com (Eric Goodill)
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Subject: Do my modal dialogs get update events (need to update a user item)?
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Date: 14 Jun 91 15:50:15 GMT
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Hi,

I've brought up a modal dialog, then I bring up another one in front of it 
partially obscuring the frist dialog.  Then I dismiss the second modal 
dialog which erases part of the first dialog.  The system seems to 
automatically redraw everything except for my user item (a scrolling 
list).  Will I get an update event?  I'm not currently calling 
waitNextEvent because this code is going to end up in a HyperCard XCMD, 
and I don't think I can do that.

I know I can just redraw the user item when I dispose of the second dialog, 
but I'm wondering if there's a more general way to handle this case.

Reply by E-mail, and I'll summarize to the net.

Eric Goodill, goodill_eric@tandem.com, Cupertino, California
"Sucks Syntax"  -- John Haskey