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Re: Help:Resource Workshop style toolbox

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From: Bob Alexander
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:42
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>1. I am trying to implement a toolbox like the ones in Borland Resource
>   Workshop, which move along with the drawing window, and never go out of the
>   MDI frame.  What window style should I use? Are they child windows of the
>   drawing window or the MDI frame? And what message should I intercept? I am
>   using Borland C++ 3.1 & OWL. 

A good way to find out parent-child relationships is to use Borland's
WinSight (or Microsoft's Spy) to examine the toolbox window.  (I've
discovered all sorts of interesting stuff by using WinSight on
commercial applications.)

     Bob Alexander                                     boba@pictel.com
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From: boba@miki.pictel.com (Bob Alexander)
Subject: Re: Help:Resource Workshop style toolbox
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