Bob, i don't understand how frmUpdateEvent impacts this.

i've implemented my frmOpenEvent handler so that it draws by basically
calling the frmUpdateEvent handler.  if i remember right, this is how ToDo
does it as well.

am i missing something?


-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Ebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: FrmDrawForm changed in 3.2?


>Hmmm.  This could be a problem...
>
>In the frmUpdateEvent case, you don't necessarily have to worry about the
>bitmap under problem because the form has already been opened and is
>visible on screen, so presumably you're drawing over the already drawn
form.
>
>*some* piece of code has to erase the form's boundary area before the form
>is drawn, at least once.  So you'll want to be careful to make sure that
>your drawing happens after the erasure, but before the form is drawn.
>
>I think some of us here would really like it if FrmDrawForm could be the
>thing that erases the form bounds.  ...that simplifies a lot of code.  But
>if that's true, then anything drawn before FrmDrawForm will be overwritten.

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