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From: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Donna Converse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: DialogWidget problems
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Date: 8 Aug 89 00:47:03 GMT
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> While using the dialogWidget, I find that if I change the
> value string after  the widget is realized, using
> XtSetValues on XtNvalue, then while the dialog box displays
> the new string, I never get back the new value that's been typed
> in using XtDialogGetValueString().
> Any ideas?.

Do you print out the string that XtDialogGetValueString returns,
or are you using it to set the label?   If the label string is in
volatile memory, and you are using XtDialogGetValueString to get
something to set the label, it could lead you to think that the 
problem is with the value.  

Donna Converse
converse@expo.lcs.mit.edu