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Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 18:15:13 +0100
From: Allens <allen DOT asjp AT cableol DOT co DOT uk>
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To: "Bruce Ferguson Jr." <symbiatu AT nettally DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP and Allegro advice needed!
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Bruce Ferguson Jr. wrote:
> 
> Okay folks I am not being rude but I kinda wish people would quit
> passing the buck, okay?  I asked this question in this newsgroup
> sometime ago and somebody don't remember told me to take it to
> comp.os.msdos.programmer  and I did.. Now they are telling me to take it
> here..    Listen this area is for DJGPP and Allegro is a Game
> Programming Library exclusively for DJGPP so quit passing the buck and
> help me if you can and if you cannot then please don't tell me such crap
> as that again.  Here is the question...
> 
> I don't really want code per se but I am looking for a way to make a
> text box like would be in a Windows App with Allegro.   You know what I
> mean?   Like
> to have your picture in the background or what ever and then you have a
> little rectangular box that is white with a border around it and then
> off to the left some text describing the desired input in the box..
> 
> Like I said I don't want code but what commands and statements would be
> the right direction to look at to accomplish this and maybe explain to
> me how this would work?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bruce F.

I don't know about the allegro gui stuff, but it would definatly work 
if you drew your own... (And you could make the window look exactly like 
windows)

			Peter Allen