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From: barry@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Barry Lay)
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Subject: Re: FORMDIAL.PRG
Message-ID: <1990Feb19.152740.25487@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Date: 19 Feb 90 15:27:40 GMT
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[remarks about my remarks about forms handling ... ]

You are right; I meant form_dial().  The application will not receive a 
WM_REDRAW message for handle 0 (desktop).  For this reason I usually open a
window which covers the entire desktop work area when I am "drawing directly
on the desktop".  Since there is only one window, and it doesn't have any
sliders, movers, or other such nasty stuff, it isn't very difficult to deal
with.  The only way I can think of to intercept the desktop redraw is to create
your own desktop object and declare it via wind_set(WF_NEWTOP, ... ).  I can't
say that I have ever tried this, but I suspect that it would be more difficult
than opening a big window.

Barry