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From: bob@eecs.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: simple (?) ResEdit question
Message-ID: <10050007@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 3 Aug 88 13:13:38 GMT
References: <730050@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Organization: Northwestern U, Evanston IL, USA
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> Does anyone know what the difference is between "enabled" and "disabled"
> "static text"  in ResEdit?

I assume you are editing dialog items. An "enabled" dialog item is one 
where a mouse click will be reported back to the program. If a user clicks
in a "disabled" item, the click will (normally) not be processed by the
application.

If you are writting your own application, set these to allow you to ignore
items you want displayed, but not clicked in. If you are looking at some
other application, _don't_ change these. Programs often assume that the
only items enabled were enabled "at the factory", and strange and unpleasant
things can happen if you change these settings behind the programs back.

Bob Hablutzel