Placeable answer and ask dialogs?

[Richard Gaskin]

Wilhelm Sanke wrote:

> I wonder whether you list members would be interested to have slightly 
> modified ask- and answer-dialogs with the new version of the IDE that 
> allow placing these dialogs anywhere on the screen or relative to the 
> stack they are launched from.
> Such a minor change would add flexibility to the dialogs, and it is a 
> feature some Metacard and Revolution users had asked for in the past.
> 
> See my stack "Place Dialogs" on <http://www.sanke.org> , English 
> version, page "Tools and Samples for Development"; the stack contains 
> examples and information.
> 
> All that is needed are two script lines added before the end of the 
> preopenstack handlers:
> 
> " if the NewLoc of this stack is not empty then set the loc of this 
> stack to the NewLoc of this stack
> set the NewLoc of this stack to empty "
> 
> The stacks can be used as usual if no NewLoc property is set.
> 
> Line 2 of the script makes sure to restore the default behavior of the 
> dialogs the next time they are opened without a specified  "NewLoc".

Thank you for your willingness to contribute.  Scott Rossi has already 
offered to work on the Ask and Answer dialogs -- maybe the two of you 
could work out those enhancements?

Doesn't Rev provide support for specifying the loc of those dialogs?  If 
so, can we use their syntax?

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  Richard Gaskin
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