> Hello Folks:
> Just over a week ago I posted a question about working with many COntrol
> Panel objects within Dialog Designer. I got two responses that, while
> interesting in themselves (see below) didn't help my question. I'll reword
> the problem-
>
> THe dialog designer window has no scroll bars. There is the dialog box
> window itself, and "workspace" outside of the dialog box. This free
> workspace is where you can create control panels that are initially out of
> view, and thru the "MoveTo(...)" call they are moved into the dialog
> window
> as needed. However, the free workspace is limited: the dialog window
> itself
> takes part of the screen, and each control panel needs part of the screen.
> If I need more than four contol panels, some have to be moved offscreen to
> make room for a new one. Having a contol panel off screen, and
> inaccessable
> is very inconvenient!
> Again, all this is while creating the dialog contols within Dialog
> Designer.
>
>
> To see a "graphic" demonstration of what I mean, just open the
> "gratgrid.apr" that comes with arcView, in \samples. ESRI were good enough
> to provide us with the original *.apr, as well as the compiled extension.
> With the gratgrid.apr opened, go to the Dialog Designer, and open the
> Graticles and Grids dialog. Most of the panels are out of view!
>
>
> If anyone has any additional input, I'd be glad to hear.
> In any case, lets hope that with the release of Arcview 8 (Listening ESRI
> ??) and all the hype about COM and VBA, we get a better visual development
> environment and better script editor(automatic command completion, syntax
> highlighting...).
>
> Here are the answers I got:
>
>
> Micha
>
> What you want to do is create a multi-paneled dialog. look under "Creating
> a multi-paneled dialog" in the ArcView on-line help.
>
>
> John Power
> E-CARTA Services
> 419 N 18th Ave E
> Duluth, MN 55812-1352
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>
>
> Micha,
>
> This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but get the stream mode
> digitizing extension from
> http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mis/gis/tools/arcview/extensions/extensions.htm
> l
> and read through the scripts associated with the controls. One button on
> their dialog "unrolls" the window, which exposes more controls. If I
> remember correctly, they do this by altering the extents of the dialog
> window.
>
> Ken
>
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>
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>
>
> __________________
> Micha Silver
> Arava Development Co.
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