Problem with updating text in Gtk Dialogs...

[robin_field us ibm com]

Hi all,

I have an app that uses a Gtk dialog
to update files that are being downloaded.  So as a new file is being
downloaded, the Gtk dialog is suppose to display the new file text string
on the Dialog.  This works intermittently where I see all the updates
going to the dialog.  But sometimes the text is not updated with the
new text string??  I'm not sure how to repaint or refresh the dialog
when it is resized, etc and this also causes the dialog to lose some of
it's text and Cancel button (if the user moves the dialog or minimizes,
etc..., the dialog reappears without the Cancel button or is missing a
line of text...).
How do I redraw the dialog when this
happens???  expose event???

Thanks for any info....