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- From: fgreco@shearson.com (Frank Greco)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
- Subject: Re: XView: How to setup list_item?
- Message-ID: <a5eawc@openlook.Unify.Com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 16:47:01 GMT
- Sender: news@Unify.Com
- Lines: 26
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- > Hello, I am using ADD_STRING attribute in list_item to update its contents.
- ^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Do you mean PANEL_LIST_STRING? There is no attribute called "ADD_STRING"
- that I know of.
-
- > The problem is that this process is displayed on the screen so that the
- > screen flashes until all the items have been added. Does anyone know
- > how to (1) hide the process from display until it is finished then dump
- > the new list_item on to the screen; (2) use ADD_STRINGS attribute to
- > creat a list_item with variable number of list strings? (The standard
- > ADD_STRINGS, str1, str2, NULL, does not work because the number of strings
- > can only be determined at running time).
-
- (1) See XV_SHOW. Set XV_SHOW to false, update the list, set XV_SHOW
- to true. Reduces flicker and speeds up the whole insertion.
-
- (2) PANEL_LIST_STRING takes a row-number so you can install them
- one at a time. If you want to dynamically construct an "arg list",
- then see XVPM 25.2.2.1 "Attribute Lists within Attribute Lists".
-
- Both of these are/should-be in the OPEN LOOK FAQ. These questions
- get more requests than Quarter-Pounders at McDonalds (being PC here
- with Clinton-gastronomics).
-
- Frank G.
-