i'm sure that i saw this one here recently, that is, how to use a ppat
background on an EF.
can someone point me in the right direction?

tia,
:-j

now i will answer my own mail... i hacked this direct from PG [call once you
create you window]:

'------- start code -----------
clear local mode
local fn setBackPPat( pPatID as int)
dim @ ppat&,thePort&,oldPixPat&

ppat& = FN GETPIXPAT( pPatID)
LONG IF ppat&
GETPORT(thePort&)
oldPixPat& = [thePort& + _bkPat]
LONG IF oldPixPat&
DISPOSPIXPAT(oldPixPat&)
END IF
BACKPIXPAT(ppat&)
END IF

end fn
'------- end code -------------

unfortunately [well for me, for you things are probably fine] the border of
wodgets [i should have said widgets, but i made a typo, and rather liked the
result, anyway back to the point] appear in white [widgets/wodgets btw are
the toolbox buttons, fields and so on that we put in a window].

now i suppose that not many people have bathed in these waters [through
choice, not ignorance, quite the opposite in fact, i'm sure you're all too
bright to want to do this in the first place], but would anyone have even
the vaguest idea of how to get this to appear normal [ie, no white borders
on widgets in case i lost you on the way]. my personal little pinky itches
in two directions:
- pen parametres
- tansfer mode.
but my ignorance prevents me from going further down this boulevard.

all help appreciated,
again tia

:-j