Aldo,
Thanks a third time. Now I feel info-overloaded. So many
possibilities....Give me a day to re-orient.
Phil Larson
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Aldo Calpini
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 12:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: [perl-win32-gui] Tabs
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> Philip A. Larson wrote:
> >Okay,
> >
> >This is just like working with the regular windows, except I suppose you
> are
> >limited in the types of controls you can add.
>
>
> no no, you're not limited in any way.
> DialogBoxes are exactly the same as Windows (same methods, same events,
> same everything); the only difference is in the Dialog() subroutine.
> there, the class of the window is checked, and if it is a DialogBox,
> some additional code is executed, precisely the code that enables
> tabstops and other dialogbox user interface functionalities.
> I was tempted to add these functionalities directly to Windows without
> using another class, but there's a drawback: with these, you're not able
> to type a tab or a carriage return inside a Textfield... and this is
> something you may not want at all.
> thinking about it, another possible solution came to my mind: a function
> called maybe EnableDialogInterface(), which you can call upon a Window
> if you want tabstops (and accelerators) to be activated...
> this way, DialogBoxes would be just Windows, except that they come with
> this "flag" set by default.
> well... comments are welcome ;-)
>
> cheers,
> Aldo Calpini
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