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From: jlo@csadfa.oz (John O'Neill)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: How do you inactivate statText and editText items
Message-ID: <1016@csadfa.oz>
Date: Fri, 12-Jun-87 09:23:09 EDT
Article-I.D.: csadfa.1016
Posted: Fri Jun 12 09:23:09 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jun-87 13:59:18 EDT
References: <1271@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University College, UNSW, ADFA, Canberra, Australia
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in article <1271@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, steig@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark J. Steiglitz) says:
> I want some statText and editText items disabled (so that DialogSelect
> doesn't return true) and inactivated (so that the text is dimmed, the
> editText cannot be edited, and mouse clicks in the item are interpreted the
> same as mouse clicks in the blank part of the dialog box) in a modeless dialog
> box.

Have a look at HideDItem/ShowDItem in IM-4-59. Not quite what you are asking
for, but will probably give an acceptable result.

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