Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!sri-unix!sri-spam!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!dartvax!merchant From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Drawing Lines in Dialogs Message-ID: <6608@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Jul-87 10:49:20 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.6608 Posted: Mon Jul 6 10:49:20 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Jul-87 00:39:08 EDT References: <1256@apple.UUCP> Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 27 Keywords: drawing tricks dialogs In article <1256@apple.UUCP>, dowdy@apple.UUCP (Tom Dowdy) writes: > Today I was working on a dialog that needed some standard Gray lines > (horizontal and vertical) to separate portions of the dialog. > > I was going to use a UserItem but I asked someone else what they thought. > They told me to use a PICT resource to do it. > > It's very simple. You have two PICT resources, one contains a vertical > grey line, one a horizonal (I used MacDraw to create them). When you > need a line in your dialog, you simply put the PICT in your DITL, > and drag it(With ResEdit) to the desired size. > > Tom Dowdy CSNET: dowdy@apple.CSNET Recently I had to do the same thing and I came up with the same idea. The problem is, it didn't work because it was in a Desk Accessory. It seems that Font/DA Mover (at least the version I have...3.2, I think) added the PICT resource but it didn't change the reference in the dialog box. I suppose I could have still done it with a bit of code to figure out what the resource number was and change the reference in the dialog box and then draw the dialog box. Next time you're in the neighborhood with "someone else", ask if there is a nice way to use the PICT resource in a DA. -- "They call it 'understanding', Peter Merchant (merchant@dartvax.UUCP) A willingness to grow."