RE: ? on overlay

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <art@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've never had to actually write to the dummy record format, just include it
in every DDS.

I agree, it stinks.

Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Parlin, NJ  08859


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Joel Fritz
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 1:49 PM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: ? on overlay
>
>
> If the overlaid window is contained within the other window,
> you may also
> need to use the despicable ASSUME trick which involves using
> the ASSUME
> keyword on a dummy record format that has a one byte blank
> field and also
> has OVERLAY specified.  Write to the dummy record format before doing
> whatever you need to do to to the windows.  It's another
> stupid DDS keyword
> trick that's poorly documented.  I spent most of a day
> recently trying to
> get this to work.  It seems to be counter to what the display
> programming
> and DDS manuals have to say on the subject.  Furthermore, it
> looks kind of
> ugly.
>

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