Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!nicky
From: nicky@cup.portal.com (nick john pilch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Drawing in the menubar
Message-ID: <11866@cup.portal.com>
Date: 28 Nov 88 19:35:37 GMT
References: <616@wasatch.UUCP> <2589@munnari.oz>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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>Try this :
>
>{
>WindowPtr windP;
>
>	windP = NewWindow(... with the bounds set the screenBits.bounds...);
>	UnionRgn(windP->visRgn,WMgrPort->visRgn,windP->visRgn);
>
>}
>
>In normal windows the visRgn excludes the menubar, but the WMgrPort 
>visRgn includes the whole screen. Since the regions are both in global coords,
>no problems doing an UnionRgn().

Watch out.  You altering the visRgn of a window, which is a no-no, especially under
Multifinder.

Nick Pilch
nicky@cup.portal.com