On May 5, 2007, at 9:16 PM, Rubber Chicken Software Co. wrote:

> Before I write my own Static Text sub-class, is there better
> StaticText subclass around?
>
> I just need one more feature; an AutoSize. Where if you put some text
> into a StaticText, it will alter (at least) it's height, keeping in
> mind it's Font and FontSize.
>
> Plus, have the ability to give it a border. Essentially, get the
> StaticText up to the specs of the old Visual Basic Label control.
>
> Same with the CheckBox control. Right now you can't make the text
> part of it transparent; when you put it on a picture, the text
> portion is always square.
>
> Plus, the TabPanel is not transparent in the area past the tabs.
>
> Plus, it would be nice to have a series of controls, parallel to the
> standard controls, that looked the same way on PC as they do Mac;
> e.g. the Mac button looked "Mac" on the Mac and looked "Mac" on the
> PC. (I know that's not really super acceptable design wise or within
> tradition, but more often then not I am employed by Mac-brained
> project managers, and they insist on it out of ignorance, usually
> because they are so used to the Mac they can't accept what a PC  
> looks like.
>
> Los of requests! =) Of course, I shouldn't ask for hand outs but just
> do them myself and give them out. There's a deadline looming,  
> though... =)


That's what contract programmers are for :)

Charles Yeomans
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