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From: kim@analog.UUCP (Kim Helliwell          )
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Subject: Re: Dialog manager question
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Date: Sun, 16-Jun-85 15:58:21 EDT
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>      I am trying to display a dialog box that gives the user a message
> during a time-consuming process.  (i.e. doesn't require any user response)
>      I can't seem to get the text to show up in the box.  I can't figure out
> what I am supposed to do to get that to happen.
> 
>      I am calling GetNewDialog to retrieve a template from the resource fork.
> Am I supposed to call DrawDialog next or is GetNewDialog sufficient?  (I
> tried both ways, and neither worked.)
>      In case you're wondering, the DLOG *is* visible, and the Alert/Dialog
> Editor shows it just the way I want it to.
> 
>      At press time, I have abandoned the dialog approach and am using Windows
> and DrawString.  But I'd still like to know what I was supposed to do.
> 
> 
> 
> Brian H. Powell      brian@ut-sally.{ARPA,UUCP}
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I just started picking my way through the minefields of the dialog manager, but
the answer to this one is simple--a single call to ModalDialog should suffice,
after the GetNewDialog (or NewDialog, as the case may be).  Good Luck!

Kim Helliwell
hplabs!analog!kim