Max wrote:

> Anyway, this will probably seem trivial since there are many ways  
> to show text in a window.
>
> Once I have a Handle to the text in a data file I would like to  
> display it in a window with a scroll bar so that it looks very much  
> like any other code file that we are used to seeing when we edit  
> files in FB. A mini text editor of sorts.
>
> I particularly don't want it to look as though it is in some kind  
> of control like an Edit field within the window. Perhaps something  
> more like it was being opened in TextEdit or FB. Possibly with  
> border areas around it like in a word processor.
>
> I do not know exactly what technique Staz uses in our FB windows  
> but something very much like them. Once I have it working for one  
> window then I can have as many as I want, virtually. Possibly  
> adding clipping regions like at the top of our FB windows or to  
> have something like a ruler with tabs, etc. in some area near the  
> top. Maybe just a uniquely sizeable edit field. Not sure.
>
> Would also like it resizeable with possible text wrap as an extra.
>
> Any thoughts on this one?


MLTE may be what you're after. There's a Robert P demo on the CD.

Bernie