Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

2710.0. "3 misc. programming questions" by HGOVC::KENBERKUN (Twisting by the Pool) Fri May 04 1990 03:35

    I have three questions from a customer and no time to write the
    programs and test myself (but I couldn't find it in the manuals,
    honest, I looked...)
    
    1. They are trying to set the color of the text cursor in the simple
    text widget (I.e. at the insertion point).  They set the background
    color and the foreground color and the cursor seems to get set at
    random.  Sometimes the random color is the same as the background, so
    it disappears.  Note that this is the text cursor, not the mouse
    cursor.  Any ideas on what resource this is?
    
    2. In the same simple text widget, they would like to PREVENT the user
    from selecting text with the mouse.  In other words, they don't want to
    allow the user to hold down mb1 and highlight text.  They've tried
    turning off mb1 events but it doesn't seem to be doing the job.
    
    3. Help widget.  How can you turn or or desensitize some of the default
    options, like 'edit', 'save as', etc.  They don't want to confuse their
    users.
    
    Any help or pointers would be much appreciated...
    
    Thanks,
    
    Ken B.