Number: 906

Date:  1-May-84 18':15':07

Submitter: Sannella.PA

Source: kaplan.pa

Subject: Want new type of IMAGEOBJ that can update its image

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Attn: Sybalsky, nuyens

Status: Wish

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Problem Type: Design - Impl

Impact: Minor

Difficulty: Hard

Frequency: Everytime

Priority: Unlikely

System: Text

Subsystem: TEdit

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From': kaplan.pa'
Date': 11-Apr-84 20':17':23 PST'
Subject': Wish':  Active Date imageobj'
To': Teditsupport, Burton'
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I was thinking that a DATE imageobj would be nice to have, so that drafts of a document could automatically get time stamped when they were printed.'
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Then I thought that the DATE object could be the first instance of a new kind of imageobj, an active one that has a process associated with it.  After sticking a date object in your document, a process would run periodically that updated the date in your document window.  Are there facilities for having an object update its image even though Tedit didn''t ask it to do anything?'
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Can you think of other uses for such a capability?'
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Anybody want to take a crack at the date object?'
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--Ron'


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Edit-By: Sybalsky

Edit-Date: 10-May-84 13':57':30