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From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To: "Cygwin AT Cygwin DOT Com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Setup window size: a suggestion
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 17:31:21 -0500
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> On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 07:47, Chris January wrote:
> >
>
> > >
> > > > And I haven't seen many
> > > > programs implementing resizable dialogs/pages btw.
> > Borland's Delphi / C++ Builder are great.. *g*
>
> And non-free :].
>
> More importantly, it's not the GUI that's the issue, it's the 'class' of
> window that we are using that has the deficiency, if we had a look-alike
> with the same API that could static link into setup, AND would notify
> each page on resizes... then that should solve the issue. Perhaps we
> should reimplement that window class?
>
> Gary - whaddya think?

I try not to. ;-)

Rebuild a better, stronger, faster PropertySheet?  Sounds like a lot of work,
and potentially a lot of bloat (though the way things usually go, in the end
it'd probably be the path of least resistance).  I hain't licked yet; I'll curse
Bill's name for a few more hours before I throw the bathwater out with this baby
;-).

--
Gary R. Van Sickle
Brewer.  Patriot.


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