tarr-michael@CS.Yale.EDU (michael tarr) (07/11/90)
I have a modal dialog box with some radio buttons and associated editable text fields. When a button is clicked I want the appropriate text field to appear, when its opponent is clicked I wish the field to disappear and become uneditable (not just hidden as in drawing over it)... IM is unclear on how to change the properties of text fields -- any suggestions would be greatly appreciated... Mike Tarr tarr@cs.yale.edu
jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu (Nick Jackiw) (07/11/90)
tarr-michael@CS.Yale.EDU (michael tarr) writes: > > I have a modal dialog box with some radio buttons and associated > editable text fields. When a button is clicked I want the appropriate > text field to appear, when its opponent is clicked I wish the field to > disappear and become uneditable (not just hidden as in drawing over > it)... > > Mike Tarr As of Inside Mac IV, the Dialog Manager accepts two toolbox calls, HideDItem(theDialog:DialogPtr; itemNo:integer); ShowDItem(theDialog:DialogPtr; itemNo:integer); which remove and display dialog items, respectively. EditText items are handled properly (i. e. deactivated if active, and no longer accessible by the tab key). If you need to create a DITL in which an item is by default hidden, you can either make the DLOG initially invisible and HideDItem after GetNewDialog and before ShowWindow, or you can add 16384 to its regular left and right coordinates in the DITL itself. -- ------------------------ Nick Jackiw jackiw@cs.swarthmore.edu "Every minute of the future Visual Geometry Project jackiw@swarthmr.bitnet is a memory of the past." Swarthmore College, PA 19081-1397 -Laivach
han@apple.COM (Byron Han, Project Scapegoat) (07/12/90)
In article <25533@cs.yale.edu> tarr-michael@CS.Yale.EDU (michael tarr) writes: > I have a modal dialog box with some radio buttons and associated > editable text fields. When a button is clicked I want the appropriate > text field to appear, when its opponent is clicked I wish the field to > disappear and become uneditable (not just hidden as in drawing over > it)... What I like to do is to change the editText item to a statText item. use HideDItem(), GetDItem(), SetDItem(), ShowDitem() in that order. I also like to add a dimmed outline box around the (now) statText item in the same position as the outline box for the editText item. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Disclaimer: Apple has no connection with my postings. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Byron Han, CommToolbox Architect "Not Working 100 hrs/wk and loving it!" Apple Computer, Inc. -------------------------------- 20525 Mariani Ave, MS 69L Internet: han@apple.COM Cupertino, CA 95014 UUCP:{sun,voder,nsc,decwrl}!apple!han -------------------------------- GENIE:BYRONHAN CompuServe:72167,1664 ATTnet: 408-974-6450 Applelink:HAN1 HAN1@applelink.apple.COM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
pepke@gw.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke) (07/13/90)
What I do in situations like this is, when the user changes the button, select the appropriate text box, and when the user clicks in the appropriate text box, change the radio button. Actually, first I try to figure out a better way of organizing the problem. Eric Pepke INTERNET: pepke@gw.scri.fsu.edu Supercomputer Computations Research Institute MFENET: pepke@fsu Florida State University SPAN: scri::pepke Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052 BITNET: pepke@fsu Disclaimer: My employers seldom even LISTEN to my opinions. Meta-disclaimer: Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.