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From: ewhac@well.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: invisible windows.
Message-ID: <4095@well.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 17:06:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: well.4095
Posted: Wed Sep 30 17:06:31 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Oct-87 02:31:36 EDT
References: <828@sugar.UUCP>
Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab)
Organization: Lazy Programmers, Inc.
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In article <828@sugar.UUCP> peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) writes:
>How do you open an invisible window in a screen, like the little window
>in the corner of the screen uShow uses to emulate a close gadget? Do you
>have to create a window and copy stuff from the screen's bitmap (I hope
>not)?
>
>Alternatively, how can you get mouse events in a screen?
>
	I found your question somewhat opaque, but I ran into the same
problem recently i.e. needed IntuiEvents, but wanted full control of the
screen.  I wanted the clipping of several on-screen layers, but wanted
IntuiEvents coming out of only one port.

	What I ended up doing was opening a full-screen BORDERLESS |
BACKDROP | SIMPLE_REFRESH window.  I then set up my own LayerInfo structure
and started making layers.  Worked great.  The nature of BACKDROP windows
also left me with the screen drag bar, which is what I wanted.

	I'm not sure what your application is, but a BACKDROP | BORDERLESS
window should help.

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