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copied!<p>I found <a href="http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.systems.newton.newtontalk/23047" rel="nofollow">this thread</a> on <a href="http://www.newtontalk.net/" rel="nofollow">NewtonTalk</a>, where <a href="http://www.kallisys.com/" rel="nofollow">Paul Guyot</a> says:</p> <blockquote> <p>You don't need to use protoApp. You can use protoFloater instead. You can then add a nicer NewtonOS 2.x-like status bar to replace the ugly clock/battery picker of protoApp and put the close box on this bar. The trick is to steal the bar from the NewtApp framework, i.e. to use newtStatusBarNoClose. I did this for several projects, it's probably documented as is in the doc (the fact that you can use newtStatusBar[NoClose] instead of protoStatusBar) and you can take advantage of the buttons handling code (to align them automatically on the left and on the right).</p> </blockquote> <p>It turns out the suggestion of using <code>newtStatusBar</code> instead of <code>protoStatus</code> <em>is</em> documented in the Newton Programmer's Guide (2.0) on page 7-19:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Note</strong><br> The new status bar protos newtStatusBarNoClose and newtStatusBar, are the preferred way to add a status bar to your applications. These protos, which are described in “NewtApp Applications” (page 4-1), simplify adding buttons and automate hiding the close box when your application is moved into the background.</p> </blockquote> <p>And, Paul's suggestion of using <code>protoFloater</code> instead of <code>protoApp</code> was dead-on, although, I actually ended up using <code>protoDragger</code>. I had to manually add the <code>protoTitle</code> & <code>protoStatusBar</code>:</p> <pre><code>mainView := { _proto: protoDragger, viewflags: vApplication + vVisible + vClickable, appSymbol: kAppSymbol, viewJustify: vjParentFullH + vjParentFullV, viewBounds: {left: 16, top: 16, right: -16, bottom: -16}, stepChildren: [ { _proto: protoTitle, title: kAppTitle }, { _proto: newtStatusBar, menuLeftButtons: [], menuRightButtons: [] }, ], }; </code></pre>

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