notepad?

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arget brisingr (Posted 2007) [#1]

I could not find one but is there a way to make a notepad type program with blitz plus? What I need is a toolbar with file (open, save, and save as) help (help). I know how to make a toolbar but how do I make a text field? This is very close to what I want start>run>cmd>edit

Timjo (Posted 2007) [#2]

You've tempted me - what's it mean?

arget brisingr (Posted 2007) [#3]

What does what mean?

JaviCervera (Posted 2007) [#4]

Use the CreateTextArea function.

Alaric (Posted 2007) [#5]

good luck adding any sort of advanced feature though...

arget brisingr (Posted 2007) [#6]

Ok I tryed that but what is a group? CreateTextArea(x,y,width,height,group)

Alaric (Posted 2007) [#7]

by group it means parent gadget, like a window or something. You can't just have a single text box floating in the middle of nowhere on the computer screen (well you could, but it wouldn't be very useful). You need to give it a parent that can control it. Use the createwindow function for this (and either leave its group parameter as 0 or set it to desktop()).

Timjo (Posted 2007) [#8]

First create your window: my_window=createwindow("my application",x,y,width,height,desktop(),style) ;attaches the window to desktop Then a canvas if you need it: my_canvas=createcanvas(0,0,clientwidth(my_window),clientheight(my_window),my_window,style) ; attaches the canvas to my_window Now you can attach your textarea either to the window or the canvas (if you created the canvas). - In exactly the same way as you attached the canvas to my_window - so that my_window becomes the parent of my_canvas. The 'group' refers to the handle that was passed to your variables (my_canvas or my_window - as above) when you created them - this will be the parent of your textarea. So replace 'group' below with either my_window or my_canvas - which ever you want to attach it to.. my_textarea=createtextarea(x,y,width,height,group,style)