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Re: Widgets [message #2754 is a reply to message #2717]

Thu, 22 September 1994 21:05

rivers
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Registered: March 1991

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In article <35ia3e$iku@hammer.msfc.nasa.gov> mallozzi@ssl.msfc.nasa.gov writes:
> Does anyone know how to insert large blocks of text into a text widget?
> Specifically, I want to make a help option for a widget driven program,
> and the IDL help widget is exactly like what I want. I tried setting the
> value of WIDGET_TEXT to be a *large* string array, but I got compilation
> errors (too many elements to concatenate...). Also, the widget didn't
> seem to know the correct size to make itself, and setting the size explicitly
> produced unexpected results (for example, setting XSIZE to be
> 0.5 * CURRENT_SCREEN(0) made the widget much larger than the screen).

A good place to look for answers to questions of this type is the IDL
source files provided with the widget examples. Many of those examples
have large help files and I am sure the solution to your question is to
be found there.

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		WIDGETS By: mallozzi on Tue, 30 August 1994 10:23
		Re: Widgets By: rivers on Thu, 22 September 1994 21:05
		Re: Widgets By: rouse on Sun, 18 September 1994 23:50
		Re: WIDGETS By: peter on Thu, 01 September 1994 14:03
		Re: WIDGETS By: zawodny on Thu, 01 September 1994 10:30
		Re: WIDGETS By: sjt on Thu, 01 September 1994 05:07
		Re: Widgets By: offenbrg on Wed, 07 February 1996 00:00
		Re: Widgets By: todd on Wed, 07 February 1996 00:00
		Re: Widgets By: davidf on Sun, 03 October 1999 00:00
		Re: Widgets By: Liam Gumley on Fri, 01 October 1999 00:00
		Re: Widgets By: Richard G. French on Thu, 07 October 1999 00:00
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		Re: Widgets By: Robert LeeJoice on Wed, 06 October 1999 00:00
		Re: Widgets By: Richard G. French on Sun, 10 October 1999 00:00
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		Re: Widgets By: David Fanning on Wed, 29 May 2002 11:24
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