Displaying a stack as sheet

[Peter Bogdanoff]

Thanks Pete! That did it.

Peter

On Apr 29, 2015, at 2:28 PM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> "close this stack".  I don't think there's any standard close button added
> for windows, you'd use the same mechanism as OSX
> 
> Pete
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> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Peter Bogdanoff <bogdanoff at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I’m wanting to display a stack as a sheet. It shows help text over the
>> current card. This is a cross-platform application for Mac and Windows
>> desktop.
>> 
>> The stack has a field for the help text, an image, and a button to click
>> on to hide the sheet.  I’ve got it to show correctly on my Mac, but:
>> 
>> 1. How do I dismiss it? Clicking on the button to send a message “hide
>> stack tStack” doesn’t do it. A script in the button to “exit…”?
>> 
>> 2. On Windows I understand it will show as a modal dialog. Does this mean
>> there will be a standard “Cancel” button added on automatically? Will the
>> size of the stack be maintained along with control placement?
>> 
>> The dictionary is kind of vague about this…
>> 
>> Peter Bogdanoff
>> UCLA
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