>However,
>with this function all I get is the text flashed once fast and then it
>disappears.

My top-of-the-head guess is that your text is getting erased on the window
refresh event.  Try calling your build routine when you receive a refresh
event (note that you also receive a refresh event immediately after you
create a window).

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wave (Toronto, Canada)
Much better at "OOPS!" programming than OOP programming.