wkk@houxj.UUCP (W.KAPLOW) (09/23/86)
I am working on a database system for my 1040ST, and I have a question about how to have TEDINFO fields inside a window. It is clear that they can be placed in Dialog boxes, but how does one get that to appear in a window. The only way I can currently think of is to create a window with the hight and width of a dialog box containing the Object tree, and placing the Dialog box directly inside the window. Well, I would at least have the window contain the dialog box completely. Is this the way to do this?. Would the window created then not be able to move?. Thanks for any help or hints you can give me. Wesley K. Kaplow AT&T-IS HO2L-325 Holmdel, NJ 07733 AT&T: (201)949-0065 USENET: houxj!wkk ARPANET: wesley@NYU-ALAYA.ARPA
ACS19@UHUPVM1.BITNET (Mike Vederman) (09/24/86)
The way you want to do this is correct. Although it is not easy, you can change the x and y coordinates of the parent object (usually a g-box, probably in this case an invisible box with no border) which would change the relative position of the children on the screen, though they would be positioned the same relative to the parent. If you can, look at Tim Oren's tutorials on GEM, and the DRI Doodle program, both of these will give you an idea of how to manipulate the x and y coords of an object. The particular algorithm you use, however, must come from your own power. Mike