[futurebasic] Re: [FB] I need advice on program conversion

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From: David Cottrell <david.cottrell@...>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 21:28:09 +1000 (EST)
There is a tracking/drawing example on the WACOM developer site (for their 
tablets obviously) but it gives you the idea. CE and Quartz.

I've was not able to get this to work with FB however it was a while ago...

Cheers

david

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 11:29:06 +0100
>From: Bernie <fb.list@...>  
>Subject: Re: [FB] I need advice on program conversion  
>To: futurebasic@...
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>I set myself up for that one, didn't I, Steve?  :-)
>
>I'm surprised there isn't an example on the CD to do this with CE and  
>Quartz. I'll see if there's an Apple example that's easy enough to  
>convert and let you know.
>
>Later
>
>Bernie
>
>PS: Off The Top Of My Head
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>
>Steve wrote:
>
>> On May 18, 2006, at 4:05 AM, Bernie wrote:
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>>> DON'T:
>>> Don't use FB's appearance button statement.
>>> Don't use FB edit fields.
>>> Don't use the EditText control.
>>> Don't use the ListBox control.
>>> Don't use any WaitNextEvent stuff (HandleEvents, on dialog, on  
>>> mouse, on menu...)
>>> Don't use QuickDraw.
>>> Don't use FSSpecs or vRefNums.
>>> Don't write Classic apps.
>>
>> How can I do what this Mouse Draw example below does using your  
>> methods ?  This is from the Examples/Events/Mouse folder.
>> I need to know how to track the mouse with the appropriate handlers  
>> to replace on mouse functionality.
>> Then I can move to a composite window.
>>
>> OTTOMH ?
>>
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