(David) Dabs@... wrote:

> If I want every non static edit field to appear as a white background
> regardless of the window pattern or color, any ideas where in the runtime I
> can paint the rectantle white or?? just before the text is updated?

Hi David,

Haven't noticed any other responses to your quarry, so here's my solution - I
use it in "The Book" to provide predictable margins around my scrollable Edit
Fields which are on top of Colored Picture Fields.  I place a static edit
field - empty - no text - on top of the Picture Field first, then I provide a
slightly smaller editable/non static edit field on top of this.  This solves
several problems, and, in my case, does exactly what I want.  On slower Macs
this may not be a perfect solution, but on G3s and 4s you don't even notice
the complexity, and FB handles all of the refreshing (most of the time).

LOL,

Joe Wilkins