Adding Child Views to a ProtoTransportHeader-based View

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Adding Child Views to a ProtoTransportHeader-based View (1/19/96)

Q: How can I add child views to a protoTransportHeader-based view?

A: First, you need to specify an addedHeight slot. The height of the transport header will be increased by this amount.

Next, add the following code to the viewSetupFormScript method of your protoTransportHeader view. This works around a bug with protoTransportHeader:
 
        self.stepChildren := SetUnion( self._proto.stepChildren,
           self._proto._proto.stepChildren, true );
Finally, use NTK as you normally would to create the child views.