Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

    I don't know about the specific problem you are experiencing (you may
    be hitting a bug somewhere), but having 54 text widgets in a single
    dialog box is going to be VERY expensive, in terms of memory and
    startup time. Consider working some more on the graphical design of
    your dialog box to see if you can eliminate most of those widgets!

    Denis.

    
    Re: .1
    
    	thanks for the suggestion, but here's the -why- of the
    	multiple text widgets.
    
    	I'm displaying a VMS data structure, with the field name
    	on one side, and its value on the other.  I'd like the
    	user to be able to 'click' on a field on the value side,
    	and generate a callback which will realize a widget 
    	that displays what the hex value means... bit settings, etc.
    
    	This is the only I was able to do this and have it look
    	neat and professional.
    
    	Steve H

    Re: .2
    
    Why won't label widgets do what you want?
    
    Kevin

    
    re: .3
    
    
    	I guess they could.... I just thought SText widgets made
    	more sense in terms of the constantly changing values of
    	these fields.
    
    	Six of one, a half-dozen of the other.....
    
    	I'd just love to know what reached up and smacked me in the
    	face with these focus callbacks.....
    
    
    	Steve h

If the user isn't going to be editing the fields and changing the data, you're
better off with label widgets or gadgets.  Less overhead than SText.

--PSW

    
    Thanks for the info, Paul.  I'll give the labels a try.
    
    Steve Anything-for-a-callback Hall
    

    
    
    Well, I converted the stuff to label widgets.  I still can't get a 
    <Btn1Dn> to trigger an action procedure.
    
    Could it be the fact that I'm using Popup Dialog Boxes ?
    
    Steve h

Have you tried push button widgets?  They are just like labels except that they
have three built-in action procedures you can specify:  activated (MB1 clicked),
arm (MB1 down), and disarm (MB1 up or mouse moved out of the button after MB1
down).  You don't have to play any games with translation tables, etc.  Just
pass your callback routine address as one of the parameters when you create the
widget.

--PSW

    
    Hi,
    
    	Push Button widgets have all that drop-shadow stuff, and would
    	look pretty awful.  I've got to have something that looks like
    	a table, where the user can click on a table entry and get
    	a callback.
    
    	I've just tried the following:
    
    	Changing the Stext widgets to label widgets, and specified
    	the translations (and later the accelerators) to be 
    	Btn1Down.
    
    	I even reduced the size of the window in question to :
    
    	1 PopupDialogBox and
    	1 LabelGadget.
    
    	Still no action procedure will fire....
    
    	Gad...
    
    	Steve h
                                           

re: .9

You are aware that you can turn off the borders and drop shadows on pushbuttons?

As a matter of fact, if you place them in a work area menu it is even easier
to do.

Dick

    
    Weelllll,
    
    	I guess I wasn't aware that I could turn off the drop shadows.
    
    	I'll give that a try (the version number of my source is getting
    	to be an embarrasment....).
    
    	Thanks,
    
    	Steve h