Archive-name: ui-builders/TeleUSE
Last-Modified: March 18, 1997 See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge CVS Version: $Id: TeleUSE.FAQ,v 1.2 1997/03/18 16:15:45 mahesh Exp $ Welcome to TeleUSE GUI Builder FAQ :-) Currently the FAQ is being maintained by B.G. Mahesh [mahesh@mahesh.com] Frequency: This will be posted on the first of every month on comp.windows.x, comp.windows.x.motif, comp.windows.ui-builders.teleuse and the TeleUSE mailing list. Individuals are encouraged to submit corrections, questions and answers to mahesh@mahesh.com directly. In many answers below, submitters are noted in parentheses at the beginning of comments. (Comments may be slightly edited.) Myself and all contributors claim no responsibility for the accuracy of the information in the FAQ. The FAQ is not meant to be specific technical advice. It is only a starting point. I am not responsible for the material you read on all the links on this page. Many FAQs, including this one, are available via FTP on the archive site rtfm.mit.edu in the directory pub/usenet/news.answers/ui-builders. To get this FAQ by E-mail, you should send a message to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with send usenet/news.answers/ui-builders/TeleUSE in the body of the message. Make sure you don't have a signature in body of the message. The ASCII version of the FAQ can be downloaded from rtfm.mit.edu:pub/usenet/news.answers/ui-builders/TeleUSE The HTML version of the FAQ can be accessed from http://www.mahesh.com/TeleUSE/faq.html This article includes answers to the following questions. Questions marked with a + indicate questions new to this issue; those with significant changes of content since the last issue are marked by *: Table of Contents ----------------- Q: What is TeleUSE ? Q: Where can I get the product information from? *Q: Is there a TeleUSE mailing list? If so, how do I subscribe to this list? Q: Is there a TeleUSE Usenet newsgroup? Q: What other FAQs should I refer to ? Q: On what platforms is TeleUSE available? Q: To what other platforms is Thomson planning to port TeleUSE? Q: Does TeleUSE generate C and/or C++ ? Q Does TeleUSE generate Ada? Q: Do I need the TeleUSE library to execute an application? Q: Is there a D-mode for emacs/lemacs/xemacs ? Q: What versions of Motif do I need to use with TeleUSE? Q: When I call "create widget" in D using the optional parameters for another display and screen, the widgets appear on my default display/screen. How can I get "create widget" to create widgets on another display? Q: In an attribute window, what is the meaning of a gray setting marker ? Q: Does VIP allow you to add comments to a particular template ? If so, how? Q: What is the purpose of a user-defined attribute ? Q: How do you use the Drag-On box? What is the purpose of the Drag-On box in the value windows (colors, pixmaps, fonts) ? Q: What is a D event field? How can it be accessed in D ? Q: What is the difference between a Devent and a rule? Q: Why is it that the Devents attached to my "createCallback" attributes aren't always sent? Q: Where can you look up the widget class specific pre-defined event fields ? Q: What is the scope of a D event field for a given D event? Q: If there is no callback available for a particular event of interest, how can we attach a D event to it? Q: What are the valid UDA types that I can define? Q: Is there a way in d-code to check for the existence of a user-defined attribute before accessing it ? Q: How to access an UDA in C? Q: How do I send a D event from C ? Q: Can any C routine be called from D ? What are the limitations? Q: What is the purpose of the 'opaque' type? Q: Are type conversions in D the same as type casting in C ? Q: Is it possible to declare a D event that is global across more than one D modules ? Q: Is it possible to declare a D variable that is global across more than one D module? Q: What 3 things must be true in order for a widget to be visible ? Q: What does AIM stand for? Q: How can the UI builder generate AIM file? Q: What does uxb guess do? Q: If I have a string in the uxb.conf file that matches my platform name such as 'sun', uxb does not accept it. How can I get around this? Q: What is the difference between 'c' and 'pure-c' mode ? Q: What is the difference between LANGUAGE C and LANGUAGE KRC ? Q: How can I allow for the ehdb file to be in another directory besides the current working directory? Q: If I have a string in D that represents the name of a D event, how can I send the D event? Q: Can I use the string_list operators directly on a C global variable of type 'char **'? Q: How can I set resources on the eht help windows? Q: When I try to turn off the file list in the XmFileSelectionBox by setting 'showList' to false, I get an empty square window in the upper left corner of the FileSelectionBox. How can I remove it? Q: When I set the background color on a ScrolledWindow, I still can see the default color in some areas of the ScrolledWindow. Especially when the contents of the ScrolledWindow do not fill the ScrolledWindow. How can I set the whole ScrolledWindow's background? Q How can I specify the geometry of an application from the command-line? When I use the -geometry option with a TeleUSE generated application (e.g., <app> -geometry 600x800+50+50), the option is ignored. Q: Which 3rd party widgets have been integrated with TeleUSE? Q: Can I use the xm_string_list operations directly on the resources of the XmList ? Questions & Answers ------------------- Q: What is TeleUSE ? A: [From B.G. Mahesh, mahesh@mahesh.com] TeleUSE is a true UIMS (User Interface Management System). A UIMS is designed to manage the graphical user interface efficiently during the life cycle of an application. TeleUSE is one of the leading Motif GUI builders in the industry today. Q: Where can I get the product information from? A: [From Marianne Worley, mworley@thomsoft.com] Marianne Worley Aonix (formally Thomson Software Products) 10251 Vista Sorrento Parkway, Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92121 Tel: 619-457-2700 x244 Fax: 619-452-2117 E-mail: guiinfo@thomsoft.com Web: http://www.aonix.com *Q: Is there a TeleUSE mailing list? If so, how do I subscribe to this list? A: [From B.G. Mahesh, mahesh@mahesh.com] Yes, there is a TeleUSE mailing list. Send an email to TeleUSErs-request@sd.aonix.com with the Subject set to "subscribe your_email_address". Contributions to the mailing list should be sent to newtu@sd.aonix.com Q: Is there a TeleUSE Usenet newsgroup? A: [From B.G. Mahesh, mahesh@mahesh.com] Yes. The name of the group is comp.windows.ui-builders.teleuse Q: What other FAQs should I refer to ? A: [From B.G. Mahesh, mahesh@mahesh.com] Subject: X windows FTP : rtfm.mit.edu:pub/usenet/news.answers/x-faq URL : http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/x-faq/top.html Subject: Motif FTP : ftp://ftp.cen.com/pub/ URL : http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/motif-faq/top.html MW3: Motif on the World Wide Web http://www.cen.com/mw3/ Q: On what platforms is TeleUSE available? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Platform OS version TeleUSE version ---------------------------------------------------------------- DecAlpha AXP 3000/500 OSF1 v3.2 3.0.2 DecAlpha AXP 3000/500 OpenVMS 6.1 3.0.2 DecAlpha VAX station 3100 OpenVMS 6.1 3.0.2 HP HP/UX 9.0.1/10.0 3.0.2 HP Softbench HP/UX 9.03 3.0.2 IBM RS/6000 AIX 3.2.5 3.0.2 IBM RS/6000 AIX 4.1.4 3.0.2 SGI Irix 5.3 3.0.2 Sun SunOS 4.1.3 3.0.2 Sun Solaris 2.3 3.0.2 Sun Solaris 2.4/2.5 3.0.2 DG AviiON GX/UX 5.4 3.0.2 Intel x86 SVr3 SCO ODT 5.0 3.0.2 Intel x86 SVr4 NCR 2.02 3.0.2 Intel x86 NT 3.51/Win 95 TU/Win 3.0 Q: To what other platforms is Thomson planning to port TeleUSE? A: [From Paul, paul@thomsoft.com] HP HP/UX 10.10/10.20 3.0.2 Q: Does TeleUSE generate C and/or C++ ? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] Yes, TeleUSE genertes code in C and C++. You can tell the TeleUSE code generator to generate code in either KRC, ansi style C, or C++. If you are interested in C++ code, you can tell the code generator to create C++ classes for any specified widget hierarchies (templates) that you have developed. You can also specify that widget descendants in the hierarchy should be available in the private/protected/public section of the C++ class generated. In addition, you can specify what resources for any widget in the hierarchy will be available via get/set member functions in the C++ generated class. Q Does TeleUSE generate Ada? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] Ada code can also be generated using the TeleUSE/Ada product. This product will generate Ada code for the presentation layer (pcd files), the dialog layer (D modules) and all other intermediate source files (e.g. main program). The TeleUSE/Ada product as well as the TeleUSE product allows you to call ada subprograms from D. TeleUSE/Ada is available for the following platforms/compilers: Solaris 2.3 (AdaWorld/Verdix/RISCAda) SunOS 4.1.3 (AdaWorld) HPUX 9.03 (AdaWorld) SCO ODT 3.0 (AdaWorld/Verdix) Q: Do I need the TeleUSE library to execute an application? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] If system A and System B the same platform/same OS, then if you link the application statically, you can move the executable to the other machine that does NOT have TeleUSE libraries and execute it there. By default, the TeleUSE libraries will be required to re-build the application. So if you need to move to another platform, you need to have the TeleUSE libraries available on that target. You can purchase them from Thomson Software Products if the target is a platform that we already support or you can build them yourself since the source code to the runtime libraries is included free with TeleUSE. Alternatively, you have tell the TeleUSE code generator to generate code that is NOT dependent on any runtime libraries, but in order to use this 'pure-c' mode you will not be able to take advantage of some of the TeleUSE features, such as D, C++, UserDefinedAttributes, in your application. Q: Is there a D-mode for emacs/lemacs/xemacs ? A: [From B.G. Mahesh, mahesh@mahesh.com] You should be able to find one in the $TeleUSE/TeleUSE/lib/emacs [where $TeleUSE is the directory in which you have installed TeleUSE] [From TJ Phan, phan@aur.alcatel.com] I've set up emacs/xemacs syntax highlighting for d-mode. This might be of use to other people. You can download this file from http://www.mahesh.com/TeleUSE/hl319.el Q: What versions of Motif do I need to use with TeleUSE? A: [From B.G. Mahesh, mahesh@mahesh.com] TeleUSE 3.0.x requires Motif 1.2 TeleUSE 2.1.x requires Motif 1.1. The appropriate version of Motif and X is provided with TeleUSE on most platforms as a convenience to the customer. Q: When I call "create widget" in D using the optional parameters for another display and screen, the widgets appear on my default display/screen. How can I get "create widget" to create widgets on another display? A: [From John Goodsen, jgoodsen@radsoft.com] There is missing information in the 3.01 documentation set (page 4-19 of the "Developing Dialog Components" manual) Before attempting to create any widgets on the display, you must open the display using "ux_define_display(...)". For example, we would first in C define the display "spot:0" with the logical name "spot" for the application "test": ux_define_display("test", "Test", "spot", "spot:0", NULL, 0, &argc, argv, &status); Then we could in D create a window on this display: remote := create widget("spotview", nil, nil, "spot", 0); This statement creates a widget named "spotview" on the default logical screen (0) of the remote display "spot". Q: In an attribute window, what is the meaning of a gray setting marker ? A: [From Thomson Software Products] A gray setting marker indicates that the value shown is inherited. Q: Does VIP allow you to add comments to a particular template ? If so, how? A: [From Thomson Software Products] If the widget is selected in the work area, you can enter text as comments in the right hand side of the status area (above the work area). These comments are saved in the pcd file as a 'comments' attribute. Q: What is the purpose of a user-defined attribute ? A: [From Thomson Software Products] A User-Defined Attribute allows a widget to carry data with it. They are useful to use instead of having to maintain so many local variables in a D module. Q: How do you use the Drag-On box? What is the purpose of the Drag-On box in the value windows (colors, pixmaps, fonts) ? A; [From Thomson Software Products] You can drag icon templates OR nodes from a tree OR widgets in the work area into a Drag-On box. In the Value Window, the drag-On box can be used to add to the list of values on the left hand side of the Value Window. For example, if a template is using colors that are defined into VIP, you can drag the template into the Drag-On box for the Color Value Window and the new colors will be added to the list of colors on the left side of the Value Window. Q: What is a D event field? How can it be accessed in D ? A: [From Thomson Software Products] Data carried with a D event. It is accessed in D using the form: <D event name>.<D event field> Q: What is the difference between a Devent and a rule? A: [From Larry Young, lyoung@dalmatian.com] A Devent is a "signal" (not in the UNIX sense!) that something has occurred, which contains certain contextual data. It can also be thought of as a notification object (instance) that has certain data associated with it, and that when it is "sent" it will notify all "rules" that have registered with it. A Rule is simply a body of code that will be run when its condition (i.e. the part before the keyword "does") is true. Normally, the condition contains the name of a Devent, so that when that Devent is sent, it will notify the rule and the rule will execute it's body of code. Note that if multiple rules are registered to the same Devent, their order of execution is undefined. Q: Why is it that the Devents attached to my "createCallback" attributes aren't always sent? A: [From Larry Young, lyoung@dalmatian.com] The problem isn't that the Devent isn't sent, it's that your rule hasn't been registered for that Devent yet. In TeleUSE, each Dmodule is initialized separately, and it is during this "init" process that each rule is registered with its specific Devent, local data is created, and the dmodule's INITIALLY rule is run. Thus, if the first Dmodule initialized is the one that creates the widgets, then the other Dmodules won't have had a chance to register their rules yet, therefore the createCallbacks appear to get lost. The simple solution is to not create widgets in your INITIALLY rule (creating and initializing local variables is ok!). Instead, do the following in one of your Dmodules (I usually create a separate Dmodule called "Main" for this and other generic Devent handlers): devents: MainInit :local []; locals: top_w : widget; rules: INITIALLY does send (MainInit); -- allow all INITIALLY's to run first !! end does; MainInit does top_w := create widget ("MyApplShell", nil, nil); top_w.show; -- -- ... whatever else needs to be done ... -- end does; end dmodule; Q: Where can you look up the widget class specific pre-defined event fields ? A: [From Thomson Software Products] Each of the members of the callback structure is available as a D event field. These callback structures can be found in the Motif Programmer's Reference for any given widget class, under 'Callback Information' or you can use 'man' on the widget class or 'tuqref <widget class>'' Q: What is the scope of a D event field for a given D event? A: [From Thomson Software Products] The scope of a D event field is limited to the associated rule. It is possible to assign to another D event's D event field before sending the D event but it is erroneous to read another D event's event field. Q: If there is no callback available for a particular event of interest, how can we attach a D event to it? A: [From Thomson Software Products] A translation can be used. Also an event handler can be used which ties a C function to an X event. The event handler (C function) could 'send' a D event. Q: What are the valid UDA types that I can define? A: [From Larry Young, lyoung@dalmatian.com] The list provided in the Vip "Define User Attributes" window is only a subset of the possible choices ... not exactly intuitive! Basically, you can use any valid X resource type that has been registered with the XtConvert mechanism (at the time 'vip' was built!). So you can use types like: Alignment (XmRAlignment) SiblingWidget (TuRSiblingWidget) WidgetChild (TuRWidgetChild) Cursor (XtRCursor) XRectangleList (TuRXRectangleList) IntTable (TuRIntTable) StringTable (XtRStringTable) Pointer (XtRPointer) ... etc ... When you define UDAs in D code (e.g. "w.define("Name", "XType");"), you may use any valid D datatype, including any "User Datatypes" defined in your AIM files, as well as all the X resource types. Note that X types don't currently work from D in TU3.0.2beta :( Also, don't use the "Callback" type listed in the UDA Type popup menu in Vip, it doesn't have a converter registered for it! Q: Is there a way in d-code to check for the existence of a user-defined attribute before accessing it ? A: [From Larry Young, lyoung@dalmatian.com] If you are using TeleUSE 3.0.2 (the final release, not the beta), you can use the predefined operation "is_defined()" on the widget datatype. Actually, it returns the type of the attribute, but if it hasn't been defined it returns "nil". And this works for normal widget attributes as well as UDAs. So basically you can test for existence like this: if (my_w.is_defined("MyUDA") != nil) then -- the UDA exists end if; If you are using an older version of TeleUSE, you'll have to call "tk_user_attr_type(widget, uda_name)" which basically does the same thing as "is_defined" does but only works for UDAs. In fact, "is_defined" uses this "tk" function internally. Also, if you want to use the "tk" function from D, you'll have to put its function definition into an AIM file. You can find the function definition in $TeleUSE/include/teleuse/tk_widops.h. Q: How to access and set UDAs in C? A: [From Paul Thornton, paul@thomsoft.com] In $TeleUSE/include/teleuse/tk_widops.h you will find 2 undocumented routines. These routines allow you to set/get UDAs from c code: extern void tk_get_widget_attr(); /* Widget widget; */ /* tu_string attr; */ /* tu_string * prtype; */ /* tu_pointer * pvalue; */ /* tu_status_t * status; */ extern void tk_set_widget_attr(); /* Widget widget; */ /* tu_string attr; */ /* tu_string rtype; */ /* tu_pointer value; */ /* tu_status_t * status; */ Example: tu_string uda_type; tu_pointer uda_value; tu_status_t status; tk_get_widget_attr(wid, "My_UDA", &uda_type, &uda_value, &status); -- If My_UDA is a string, char *result_str; result_str = (char *)uda_value; To Set UDAs: tk_set_widget_attr (wid, "Other_UDA", XtRString, uda_value, &status); ^^^^^^^^^ Found in $TeleUSE/X11R5/include/StringDefs.h Q: How do I send a D event from C ? [From Tony Giaccone, tgia@radix.net] Caution: The following example does NO ERROR CHECKING. This is not a wise practice and will with out doubt get you into trouble. However, it is meant as an example and as an example it has no real context. With out a context to work in Error processing is pretty difficult to manage. You on the other hand have a context. So do the error checking. There are two steps to sending a devent from C. 1. Creating the devent instance. 2. Dispatching the event. Here's a general purpose c function which handles dispatching any devent. void send_d_event( char *devent_name, /* char *dfield_name, 0 or more repititions of these */ /* char *dtype_name, 3 fields */ /* XtPointer data_addr, */ /* NULL) NULL must be present, terminates list */ { tu_status_t status; ux_devent_instance devent_inst; va_list argsPtr; char *dfield_name; char *dtype_name; XtPointer data_addr; devent = ux_get_devent(devent_name, NULL,0, &status); if (status.all != tu_status_ok) { /* Handle the error condition */ } /* ** first parse the arguments which might have been passed into ** our devent. This routine handles the general case if you wanted ** to handle only one D Event, you could simplify this code. ** */ va_start(arg_ptr, devent_name); while ((dfield_name = va_arg(arg_ptr, char *)) != NULL) { dtype_name = va_arg(arg_ptr, char *); data_addr = va_arg(arg_ptr, XtPointer); ux_assign_devent_field( devent, dfield_name,dtype_name,(tu_pointer)data_addr, &status); if (status.all != tu_status_ok) { /* Handle the error condition */ } /* if (status.all != tu_status_ok) */ } /* while */ va_end(arg_ptr); /* CALL ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ROUTINES */ /* ** This routine actually calls the devent. With the ** appropriate fields set. The event is placed into the ** devent queue and will be handled when it reaches the ** top of the queue. */ tu_queue_event(devent,&status); /* ** If you called tu_queue_event don't forget to check the ** status of the call. */ /* ** Or call this routine..... */ /* ** this routine calls the devent immediately. There is no delay ** it's like makeing a send(devent,0) call in D. */ tu_dispatch_event(devent); } /* send_d_event */ So, given a D event called MyDEvent which has the following definition MyDEvent [ AnInt : integer; AString : string; AStruct : Out_C_Struct; ]; where Our_C_Struct is a c structure defined in an aim file. In the calling code you would make the following call: send_d_event("MyDEvent", "AnInt", XtRInt, c_int_variable, "AString", XtRString, c_char_ptr, "AStruct", XtRPointer, a_c_structure, NULL); Q: Can any C routine be called from D ? What are the limitations? A: [From Thomson Software Products] If an only if the parameters and the return value can be accurately represented in D. Q: What is the purpose of the 'opaque' type? A: [From Thomson Software Products] The opaque thpe is PRIMARILY intended for holding pointers returned by C function calls. But it can hold anything that is 32 bits. If it holds an address, there is no way, in D, to reference the object that is pointing to. Q: Are type conversions in D the same as type casting in C ? A: [From Thomson Software Products] Type conversion in D actually changes the underlying bit representation of the object where casting does not. Q: Is it possible to declare a D event that is global across more than one D modules ? A: [From Thomson Software Products] Yes. Specify it in a D events file (.de file). The D devent can also be declared in both D modules but both declarations must be identical and they must not be declared as 'local'. The latter method is not recommended. Q: Is it possible to declare a D variable that is global across more than one D module? A: [From David Quin-Conroy] A local variable in a D module instance can be declared "exported" which makes it accessible from other D module instances. This is described in "Developing Dialog Components" page 4-58. The same is true for D events. By using the "exported" feature, there is probably no need to use .de files. The ability to 'export' local variables was introduced with TeleUSE 3.0. Although D variables are still not directly share-able, you CAN access another D modules local variables IF 1) they are exported and IF 2) you have a handle to the D module instance. Q: What 3 things must be true in order for a widget to be visible ? A: [From Thomson Software Products] It must be realized, managed, and mapped. If a widget has no parent, though, managing it is meaningless. A widget needs to be explicitly realized ONLY if none of its ancestors have been realized or it has no ancestors. Non-shell widget are managed automatically when they are created so no explicit managing is necessary. TopLevelShell and ApplicationShells should be opened/closed, after they have been realized, using: top_shell.do_popup(); <-- opens shell top_shell.do_popdown; <-- closes shell Q: What does AIM stand for? A: [From Thomson Software Products] Application Interface Mapping. Used for defining the C function that are to be called from D. Q: How can the UI builder generate AIM file? A: [From Thomson Software Products] Using the AIMEXTR entry in the configuration file. You must have access to the C source code in order to uxb to be able to generate the aim file. Q: What does uxb guess do? A: [From Thomson Software Products] Creates a file called uxb.conf based on the files it finds in the local directory. Q: If I have a string in the uxb.conf file that matches my platform name such as 'sun', uxb does not accept it. How can I get around this? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] You can put the following in uxb.conf to undefine the word 'sun' in case user need that word in the config file. Example: if a directory has xxx/xxx/sun/xxx/xxx . #ifdef sun #undef sun #define sun sun #endif Q: What is the difference between 'c' and 'pure-c' mode ? A: [From Thomson Software Products] In 'pure-c' mode, no TeleUSE runtime calls are made from the generated c file. In this mode, no D can be used. Q: What is the difference between LANGUAGE C and LANGUAGE KRC ? A: [From Thomson Software Products] With C, the INCLUDE section is used, with KRC the INCLUDE section is ignored. With C, all enteries must be prototyped in a header file that is included and all structure definition must be in header file. If you are using any new features, such as structures or globals you need to use LANGUAGE C. Q: How can I allow for the ehdb file to be in another directory besides the current working directory? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] In order to allow for the ehdb file to be in another directory you can use the DESTDIR option in the configuration file. Then run: > uxb -- to build > uxb install -- to move the file to the DESTDIR The DESTDIR configuration option changes the automatically generated uxb_mainc.c so that the ehdb file is looked for in the destination directory. The user can rely on an environment variable to find the file in the directory, or the path can be fixed. Q: If I have a string in D that represents the name of a D event, how can I send the D event? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] Here is an example: *********** devents: foo :local[]; locals: x: string; d: devent; rules: SomeCallback does x := "foo"; d := self.(x); send(d); end does; foo does printf("In foo\n"); end does; ************ If you have a UDA of type string that represents the name of a D event field, you can use: ************* x := SomeCallback.source_widget.StringUDA; d := self.(x); send(d); -- or simply: d := self.(SomeCallback.source_widget.StringUDA); send(d); ************* Q: Can I use the string_list operators directly on a C global variable of type 'char **'? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] No. Globals can only be modified by direct assignment. Dot operators will not work on globals directly. If you want to use the string_list operations, you must use a temporary local variable and then assign it to the global. Example: If 'global_String_list' is declared in an aim file as: TYPE "char **" <--> string_list; ENTRY global_string_list : "char **"; In D use: -- build the string_list: local_string_list := create string_list(); local_string_list.insert("item1",0); local_string_list.insert("item2",0); local_string_list.insert("item3",0); local_string_list.insert("item4",0); -- assign to the global: global_string_list := local_string_list; Q: How can I set resources on the eht help windows? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] You can set resources for the Help Windows in a resource file. The name of the eht help window TopLevelShell widget is 'eht'. To set the iconPixmap of the help windows in a resource file use: *eht*iconPixmap: <bitmap file name> To set the fontList for the buttons in the help window use: *eht*fontlist: <font specification> To set the fontlist for a help window frame use: *eht*help_text.fontlist: <font specification> Q: When I try to turn off the file list in the XmFileSelectionBox by setting 'showList' to false, I get an empty square window in the upper left corner of the FileSelectionBox. How can I remove it? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] The problem is occurring because XmScrolledWindow parent of the file list needs to be unmapped. To remove the problem, use: dmodule main #include <teleuse/teleuse.h> ... INIITIALLY does top := create widget ... list_wid : widget := XmFileSelectionBoxGetChild(top->FSB, XmDIALOG_LIST); list_wid.parent.mapped := false; ^^^^^^ set the XmScrolledWindow not just the XmList. also use: uxb.conf ------- DINCLUDEDIR $TeleUSE/include to define teleuse/teleuse.h in d. Q: When I set the background color on a ScrolledWindow, I still can see the default color in some areas of the ScrolledWindow. Especially when the contents of the ScrolledWindow do not fill the ScrolledWindow. How can I set the whole ScrolledWindow's background? A: [From Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] You can set the background of the WHOLE scrolledWindow in D using: top->ScrolledWindowClipWindow.background := top->scrolledWindow.background; top->VertScrollBar.background := top->scrolledWindow.background; top->HorScrollBar.background := top->scrolledWindow.background; The internal widget names for a scrolledWindow are: ScrolledWindowClipWindow VertScrollBar HorScrollBar Q How can I specify the geometry of an application from the command-line? When I use the -geometry option with a TeleUSE generated application (e.g., <app> -geometry 600x800+50+50), the option is ignored. A: [From Larry Young (lyoung@dalmatian.com) and Rhoda Quate (rhoda@thomsoft.com)] The "-geometry" command-line option is defined by Xt as ".geometry", not "*geometry". When TeleUSE builds an application, it places an "invisible" shell above all your shells to provide a consistent way of naming resources; therefore, your "-geometry" specification is being applied to this invisible shell instead of to the one you had intended. Instead, use the -xrm option (e.g., <app> -xrm "*geometry: 600x800+50+50"). The downside of this approach is that it will affect ALL TopLevelShells that are in your application for which the size/position is not hard-coded! You can limit this problem if you know the name of the shell at the top of the widget tree (assuming you know its name). In that case, replace the "*" with "*widget_name." (e.g., <app> -xrm "*AppShell.geometry: 600x800+50+50"). Q: Which 3rd party widgets have been integrated with TeleUSE? A: [From Rhoda Quate, rhoda@thomsoft.com] Name : XRT widgets Vendor : KL Group Description : Integrations are maintained by Thomson Software for: XRT/3d The easiest way to build informative and dynamic 3-D charts and graphs into Motif applications. XRT/field The easiest way to build professional data-entry fields into Motif applications. XRT/gear (integration promised soon) The essential collection of add-on widgets and utilities for Motif. XRT/graph The easiest way to build powerful 2-D charts and graphs into Motif applications. XRT/table The essential multi-purpose widget for displaying and editing lists, tables and forms. Email : info@klg.om Home Page : http://www.klg.com Download Integration: ftp://ftp.klg.com/pub/integrations/ Name : Xbae Vendor : Public Domain Description : XbaeMatrix is a Motif widget which presents an editable array of string data to the user in a scrollable table similar to a spreadsheet. XbaeCaption is a simple Motif manager widget used to associate an XmLabel (caption) with it's single child. Source : ftp.x.org:contrib/widgets/motif/Xbae-4.5.tar.gz Download Integration: http://www.mahesh.com/TeleUSE/xbae_teleuse.tar.gz Name : Tuw Widgets Description : TuwItemBox Container that manages special kinds of objects called Tuw items. A Tuw item can consist of an icon and an optional name. TuwItemMenu Designed to handle the common situation requiring a dynamic menu, one in which the number of items varies as the application executes. TuwSource Displays a text file with line numbers in front of each line. TuwSource widget was developed to support source display in a debugger. TuwTree Displays a tree structure of nodes. TuwTable Allows you to build tables with different kinds of objects. Source : Included with TeleUSE in $TeleUSE/conf/examples/tuw Name : DT Widgets Description : SpinButton A widget that allows you to cycle through a list of values in the forward or reverse direction. ComboBox A widget that contains a text and an arrow which posts a list of options for selection upon button press. Source : Included with TeleUSE $TeleUSE/conf/examples/cde Name : EnhancementPak Widgets Vendor : ICS Description : A collection of general purpose widgets, consisting of controls, geometry managers, and resource editors. Email : info@ics.com Home Page : http://www.ics.com/Products/Epak/epak.html Q: Can I use the xm_string_list operations directly on the resources of the XmList ? A: [From B.G. Mahesh, mahesh@mahesh.com and Rhoda, rhoda@thomsoft.com] Is the following code valid ? top->nameScrolledList.selectedItems.rewind; if (top->nameScrolledList.selectedItems.more) then sv := top->nameScrolledList.selectedItems.next; end if; Syntatically it is correct but you should not do such operations (like rewind) directly on the scrolled list. Load top->nameScrolledList.selectedItems to a local variable before operating on it. This is because this expression invokes a function call and stores the result in a temporary variable. Operating on the temporary variable is useless. ------------------------------------------------------------------ B.G. Mahesh | Home Page: http://www.mahesh.com Internet Consultant | FAQ Maintainer of TeleUSE GUI Builder Email: mahesh@mahesh.com | User Contributions:
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