On 21 Jul, 2005, at 7:23 AM, Robert Purves wrote:

>> I wonder if HIThemeApplyBackground() or HIThemeDrawBackground() along 
>> with _kThemeBackgroundMetal will do it? Unfortunately, they use those 
>> CGContextRef thingies and I wouldn't know how to go about it... but 
>> I'll bet I know a man who would  :-)
>>
>
> Pretty ugly, but the sheet does get metallized eventually.
>
> Robert P.
>
> '----------------
> include "Tlbx HIView.incl"
> include "Tlbx CoreGraphics.incl"

... etc ...

The sheet window thus described seems to get metalized only for that 
fleeting instant after the "OK" button has been clicked and the window 
is sucking itself back into the title bar. How so?

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Ted Spencer
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A certain friction between the generations is inevitable. That is 
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between are stuck with the questions.
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