From: "Chris La Mantia" <lamantia AT gte DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro GUI Woes :(
Date: 24 Jun 1997 05:50:53 GMT
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Gautam N. Lad wrote:
> I'm creating/placing tiles, and I want to save my current work.  So, I
move
> over my GUI objects, type in the filename/levelname, and click Save.
> When Save is clicked, the control is switched over back to the grid, so I
can 
> continue placing more tiles.  But, sometimes, I may just go over the GUI 
> (accidentally), so the GUI will start working.  Before pressing any
buttons, I 
> move the mouse over the grid again, and the control is set back to the
grid.
> 
> The problem is the do_dialog(), when called, expects something to occur,
and the
> the function is exited.  I don't want that.  I expect the program to
allow editing, if 
> the user is over the grid, but if the user goes in the GUI objects area,
the 
> do_dialogs() is called.

Here's a thought:

Create a custom object that is the same size as your grid.  When it gets
the MSG_GOTMOUSE message, exit the dialog.

It might look something like this:

int d_grid_proc(int msg, DIALOG *d, int c)
{
   if(msg=MSG_GOTMOUSE) 
      return D_CLOSE;
   else
      return D_O_K;
}

(NOTE: This code is untested, but it should work...)
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