Modal windows

[Richard Gaskin]

> Okay, when I run it, I get a sort of shallow three-d thing. There is a
> 1-pixel shadow on the left and bottom edges. The top and left edges are
> flat. There is no window border.
> 
> I am positive we used to be able to set a regular modal window with real
> window borders. Scott Raney just told me it wasn't so, that it was
> impossible to do what I want. I could have sworn I did it before...
> 
> I guess I'll have to make a picture of a border and show that. Won't
> look right on Windows though.

Ah....maybe it's a question of what one means by "border".  In my experience
MC only does the Platinum dialogs.

The old-style dialogs are shown at:
<http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/HIGuidelines/HIGuidelines-124.html#
HEADING124-0>

These were superceded by the Platinum look, which is part of the Mac OS 8
HIG:
<http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/HIGOS8Guide/thig-41.html>


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