On Thu, 12 Jun 1997, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> Jim Kramer wrote:
> >
> > Is it possible (with in vtcl) to a created widget into or outof a
> > container widget. i.e. Create a button, then a frame. Then relize you
> > wanted the button inside the frame. Is it possible to move (not
> > delete and make a new button) the button into the frame. I get this
> > alot during initial design of screans. The reason I do not want to
> > delete and recreate is that I might have added many
> > functions/attributes to the button and do not want to redo the work.
>
> I've done this lots. I've done it with complex nested frames too. I use
> either [Edit]:Copy or [Edit]:Cut followed by [Edit]:Paste.
>
> You loose your aliases, however, and can even get duplicate aliases.
> I've had to fix the widget array manually. I think somebody reported
> this to Stewart but I'm not certain. I haven't tried this with the new
> release yet.
>
> Stewart -- have you made any changes in this area?
I made some changes to the alias code. Let me know if it's still
problematic.
-stewart-
