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From: laba-5ai@e260-1e.berkeley.edu (Glenn McElhoe)
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Subject: Re: ResEdit question
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Date: 29 Aug 88 17:02:40 GMT
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In article <730057@hpcilzb.HP.COM> tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) writes:

>Does anyone know what the proper way is for resizing a window in
>a ResEdit DLOG resource?  Sometimes holding down pretzel and shift
>and dragging with the mouse works, sometimes it doesn't.   :-(

>When you bring up the miniature version of the dialog, you can click
>in the lower left corner of it to resize the window, or, under the DLOG
>menu, you can view the DLOG as text and specify the exact rectangle.

The most dependable way that I have found to resize my DLOGs is to estimate
how much more room I need, changing to text representation (DLOG menu), and
changing the numbers there.  To double check, re-open the DITL and choose the
Use owner window option.

By the way, does anyone know of something better than ResEdit, or a newer
version then 1.1?  I mean, ResEdit is a much better way than RMaker to generate
and alter resources, but it's got soooo many problems.  (Multi-Finder incom-
patibility for one)  Maybe with the Mac II, the people at apple could put
together a new version with a color icon and clut picker.

Just some ideas, because I can't believe everyone gets along with a program as
unreliable as ResEdit.

--
Glenn McElhoe
mcelhoe@zen.berkeley.edu

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