Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Kevin Wells Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.programmer Subject: Re: Hiding and revealing part of a window Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:06:22 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: <6ecef7f95c.Kevin@Kevsoft> References: <5cf61ef6a3bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <8f5e44f65c.Kevin@Kevsoft> <5cf6579ccbbob@sick-of-spam.invalid> Injection-Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:03:35 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="3306755"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18nCAK61ht380spmjO5TFgmgwDyUtKoJKo="; posting-host="e48207716b1c7bc04f170e4e12ce8282" User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/9.01 (MsgServe/9.01) (RISC-OS/5.31) NewsHound/v1.54 Cancel-Lock: sha1:2G2zcujBwL1L9/+rbdTRXdbtfNI= sha256:oIjCKJBaeuGvWjiX3sQZq8ZcWYXIoxXTqMBhwdRbOPc= sha1:31ENO4Wde83F8uzRK7c1fgPSeOU= sha256:s1ILjwjp0l++VtPykNVzyy9Sef+MFMYEdnrfqD0oPC4= X-Notice: set X-Clacks-Overhead "GNU Terry Pratchett" Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.programmer:6683 In message Steve Fryatt wrote: >On 12 Jul, Kevin Wells wrote in message > : > >> In message <5cf6579ccbbob@sick-of-spam.invalid> >> Bob Latham wrote: >> >> > I'd have two window handles wouldn't I? >> >> You could have 3 window handles, one say called main%, main1% and main2. >> >> main% would always point to the one in use. > >Wouldn't that be 2 window handles: main1% and main2%? The main% variable >would then be a copy of the value of whichever one was in use? Yes > >Use Wimp_SetExtent and have one window... it's a *lot* less messy and >confusing. > >:-) > -- Kev Wells https://kevsoft.co.uk/ https://ko-fi.com/kevsoft carpe cervisium So many beers so little time.