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From: kazim@Apple.COM (Alex Kazim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Changing editText to statText in modal dialogs
Summary: Try HideDItem
Message-ID: <39425@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 12 Mar 90 20:57:34 GMT
References: <419@fornax.UUCP> <14401@reed.UUCP>
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <14401@reed.UUCP> bowman@reed.UUCP (Eric Bowman) writes:
>In article <419@fornax.UUCP> mcdonald@fornax.UUCP (Ken Mcdonald) writes:
>>But what
>>do you do if the one you are working on is the only editText item?
>
>The way I handle this is to put another editText item way out of the
>dialog's visRgn.  You'll need to do some trickery in a filterproc to

Have you tried _HideDItem on the edit text item.  The Dialog Manager 
may do the correct thing, even if it's the only edit text around.

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Alex Kazim, Apple Computer
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