From: "Damian Yerrick" <snews AT pineight DOT 8m DOT comMUNIST-PIGS-AOL>
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Subject: Re: (Allegro) Listbox Question 2
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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 16:51:43 GMT
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"Bacharelado Curso Ciencia Computacao-14" <bcc14 AT ufu DOT br> wrote:
> >  Hi all...
> >
> >  I have a problem...
> >
> >  I want to initialize the listbox to be selected to an especific
> > position...
> >
> >  Let's say, i do do do_dialog(___,_) in which the dialog wave a list_box
> > component.
> >
> >  when i show the dialog, i want the list box to be selected to an
> > especific position (let's say, position 2). How can I do that?
>
> Someone (I don't remember who) told-me to change the d1, but it did't
> work...
> I put a variable in place of d1 (say position_selector), and i changed the
> value of it and drew the dialog, but the bar in the listbox was in the
first
> position, as ever...

It initializes the DIALOG at the start of the function.
Try doing it the hard way, by manually modifying
d1 just before you draw the dialog:
  dlg[where_the_list_is].d1 = position_selector;
  foo = do_dialog(dlg, where_the_list_is);


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