flashing window when changing stack window properties

[J. Landman Gay]

On 9/29/03 3:07 PM, Dar Scott wrote:

> This script segment causes the window to flash.
> 
>   lock screen
>   set the resizable of me to true
>   set the width of me to 310
>   set the height of me to 270
>   set the cantModify of me to false
>   set the style of me to "topLevel"
>   set the decorations of me to "default"
>   unlock screen
> 
> The flashing even happens in preOpenStack, which surprises me since the 
> Transcript dictionary says it is executed before the stack window appears.
> 
> This also happens with with several variations of the above script.  
> (Also the stack name shows up momentarily on the title bar even though 
> there is a label in at least one variation.)
> 
> 
> I saw workaround advice from Sarah back in April that suggested the 
> changes can be made while the stack is invisible.  I will try this.  
> Yet, because of the flashing I suspect I might be doing something wrong.
> 
> What is happening?  How do I get around this?

The flash happens whenever you set the decorations, which forces a 
window redraw. Not sure if there is a good workaround, since the OS is 
responsible for the drawing.

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