de@comp.lancs.ac.uk (David England) (04/24/86)
Thanks for the replies. Apparently I need to call panel_paint(item, PANEL_CLEAR); after creating a dynamic item. What threw me was the line in the manual (Release 2.0 revision G) "It is not necessary to call panel_paint() explicitly to control the repainting of items." Dave -- Auto-adaptive user interfaces are like schizophrenics - you can never predict what they'll do next. --------- UUCP : ..!seismo!mcvax!ukc!dcl-cs!de ARPA : de%lancs.comp@ucl-cs JANET : de@uk.ac.lancs.comp PHONE : +44 524 65201 Ext. 4586 POST : Univ. of Lancaster, Dept of Computing, Lancaster LA1 4YR, UK. PROJECT : Alvey ECLIPSE User Interface