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From: dalea@fai.UUCP
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Subject: Re: How to print things on menu bar
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Date: Mon, 26-Jan-87 18:30:08 EST
Article-I.D.: fai.582
Posted: Mon Jan 26 18:30:08 1987
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Reply-To: dalea@fai.UUCP (Dale M. Arends)
Organization: Fujitsu America, Inc.
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Keywords: menu bar

In article <938@uwmacc.UUCP> pwu@uwmacc.UUCP (Peter Wu) writes:
>How can I print things (e.g. numbers) on the menu bar...

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The simplest method that I know of is to 1) save the current port, 2) set
the port to Window Manager Port, 3) position the cursor near the top and
write using Quickdraw.  The Window Manager Port is the entire screen
(unless your program has changed it) and is addressed as any other GrafPort.

Once you have written to the location that corresponds to the menu bar,
reset the current port to the previously saved port (i.e. your window).

Oh yes, any routine that redraws the menu bar will wipe out what you've 
written to the bar so it will need to be redone.

As a debug routine, try printing and erasing a number in the bar for
entry and exits from a loop.  Sure shows up slow areas of code!
 


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