reilly@bnlux0.bnl.gov (kevin reilly) (06/16/90)
Hello, This goes out to all of you ACTOR programmers. I have recently been using Actor for 3 months and have been porting code from Petzold. In the program BLOWUP (pg. 189 - 192) Petzold has left out the ability of the window to be resized and then redraw itself using StretchBlt() to fit the windows new dimensions. My problem lies in the ability to capture the resize message. It seems I cannot catch it quick enough to store the old window pattern and then recall it when the window has been resized. I have even tried storing the pattern as soon as it has been written initially but to no avail. Any pointers? Thank You Kevin Reilly P.S. To all of you who want to program in Windows but were afraid to ask you should seriously consider Actor. Especially if your a student $99 is not too much for the amount of experience you will obtain. I have run into some problems which will be the focus of a future letter.