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From: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Donna Converse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Problem with widgets
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Date: 20 Jun 89 18:43:45 GMT
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> I am trying to create a dialog widget and can get
> it to work if I use the following.

  [dialog label and value resources set with the XtSetArg macro]

> If I do it the following way all I get is the title with
> no text field.

  [same resources set to same values using a statically initialized 
  argument list.]


To have the dialog box include an area into which the user types
input, the value of the dialog resource XtNvalue must be non-NULL.
I cannot explain why, nor duplicate, specifying
	XtSetArg ( arg[1], XtNvalue, 0 );	
and getting a dialog box with an editable text area.

If you want the initial string displayed in the text area to be 
the empty string, specify 
	XtSetArg( arg[1], XtNvalue, "");
or the equivalent in static form.  

This question may have fell through the cracks -- I'm sure others
could have posted an answer earlier.

Donna Converse
converse@expo.lcs.mit.edu