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From: sec@berlin.acss.umn.edu (Stephen E. Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Updating dialogs
Summary: Don't forget SetPort.
Keywords: update dialog icon
Message-ID: <274@berlin.acss.umn.edu>
Date: 6 Jan 89 04:50:20 GMT
References: <373@lclark.UUCP>
Organization: U of M MicroGroup, Minneapolis
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In article <373@lclark.UUCP>, dan@lclark.UUCP (Dan Revel) writes:
> What's the best way to update a non-modal dialog after changing one of
> its dialog items?   ...
>                                              I tried just using InvalRect on
> the rect returned by GetDItem but to no update event is generated.

I'll bet you forgot to do a SetPort to your dialog window before you
called InvalRect.

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