Re: Menu in TDialog 'window' creating background strip under

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From: Chris Marriott
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 21:10

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In article <UuIcs*6t2@dodd.UUCP> dodd!dodd@seq.uncwil.edu writes:

>
>I am programming in OWL using a TDialog for my MainWindow.  I have a menu
>in it, when that menu is 'attached' it leaves a Strip about 2 pixels high
>under the menu_strip itself.  This Strip contains whatever was on the screen
>at that spot, and when the window is moved so goes the 'graphics' inlaid in 
>the strip.
>
>Is this a programming bug in Windows, Borland, or me?
>
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It's a bug in Windows.  Although dialog boxes can, in theory, have a
menu, Windows messes up the measurements, as you've discovered!

Chris
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