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From: jaysun@eng.clemson.edu (Jay Williamson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Opening a second window
Keywords: Windows
Message-ID: <1001@brazos.Rice.edu>
Date: 21 Aug 89 21:54:34 GMT
Organization: Sun-Spots
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 101, message 3 of 16

In article <2835@ssc-vax.UUCP> ssc-vax!dmg@beaver.cs.washington.edu (David Geary) writes:
>I open a window (window #1) under SunView using window_create(), and then
>a subsequent call to window_main_loop().  If I detect certain events in
>the window, I want another window to open (window #2), and receive events
>in the new window.  When a certain event occurs in window #2, I close the
>window, and want to start getting events in window #1 once again.
>

Try creating your second window (or third, fourth, etc..) at the same time 
you create your original but set 
      WIN_SHOW, FALSE
When you want to see the second window just set
      WIN_SHOW, TRUE
When you want to get rid of the window just set
      WIN_SHOW, FALSE
again

Good luck
Jay Williamson            Engineering Computer Operations
jaysun@eng.clemson.edu    Clemson University
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