From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Allegro Help!
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On Sat, 07 Oct 2000 11:26:20 +0800, Derek Chew <sdchew AT email DOT com>
wrote:

>I just started using DJGPP and Allegro only around a few weeks ago and 
>was quite impressed by all the examples...
>I am now trying to build a GUI look-a-like software using DJGPP and 
>Allegro 3.12

Allegro 3.12 is an old version.  I use 3.9.32 (even though it's marked
as WIP, it's just as stable).

>for monitoring the status of a DC Motor... the problem is 
>that I am not very sure how to create small boxes with number which 
>change in accordance to the values in some other variables... I was 
>hoping that someone more experience might be able to help me out....
>
>so far I managed to get the pull down menus and fixed text to appear at 
>locations but how do you create text which changes as the varible (text 
>string or numbers) with a box around it?

What I do to make dynamic text in Allegro dialog boxes is update the
string, then set the D_DIRTY flag whenever the text needs to be
redrawn.

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