Window Shape/Style

[Jeanne A. E. DeVoto]

At 6:14 PM -0800 1/11/2002, Simon Lord wrote:
>Not getting much of a responce so I'll rephrase the question.
>Who here can tell me how I can create a stack that uses a custom
>shape?
>
>I need some sort of external to change the shape right?  I'd
>like to be a client of the person that can sell me the solution.

All you need actually is a WDEF resource, not an external. A WDEF resource
is installed in the system file or in your app or stack - somewhere in the
resource path. You may need someone to write for you a custom WDEF, but
there are several available in the system file, and more floating around
the web. (Someone made an apple-shaped WDEF a few years ago for MacHack,
for instance.)

Once you've got a suitable WDEF, you can use the decorations property to
set a stack to use that WDEF. Try these (using WDEFs available in the
system file):

  set the decorations of stack "My Stack" to 2 -- plain box
  set the decorations of stack "My Stack" to 16 -- window with rounded corners
  set the decorations of stack "My Stack" to 1993 -- palette with title bar
at left side

(Of course, the above applies only to Macs.)

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