Fellow Monks,

In my quest for the perfect Win32 app - there are some very minor and probably very simple cosmetic/operation issues I was hoping to get assistance wtih as im not able to find specific information - and probably someone else has been there done that..

1) It is possible to force a carriage return within the text as part of the AddLabel function. I already know about the wrap options, but I want control of where it inserts a return.

2) How does one print extended HTML characters in text fields for lablels, titles, etc? Specifically i need to display a copyright character, and im not sure of the sequence to use to display this or other extended characters..

3) I packaged my app using PAR - which works as a great alternative to create exe files, however it takes a very long time to load the actual exe program in windows - even for a short 5-10 line "Hello Me" type script. I guess this is just the way it is but:

- Does anyone have any recommendations for displaying a "pop-up" logo/screen/icon while the main program is loading? I thought I would make a very short and sweet program that serves just this purpose - then creates a process for the main program - and exits after 5-10 seconds or so, BUT the pop-up program takes forever to load itself!

- What are the flags for displaying a window without a top bar/close button (for the aforementioned pop-up image).

- I understand that to display a bitmap on a button, I create an object to the bitmap itself, then specify the object as the value for '-bitmap' on the button. THis works. I want to do the same for an AddLabel function, but it does not work when doing the identical syntax. What is the proper syntax for displaying a bitmap on a label?

- I assume this is the best way to do a 'pop-up' image while a program is loading. Is there another more straight forward way im not thinking of?

Thanks in advance for any response.. im a real newbie at this..

Steve

In reply to WIn32::gui Miscellaneous by smcone

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