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From: laymon@nepal.crd.ge.com
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Subject: loading resources problem
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Date: 21 Mar 90 20:38:03 GMT
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Organization: General Electric Corp. R&D, Schenectady, NY
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I am having trouble setting certain resources.  In a previous
posting, I mentioned the labels on push buttons widgets were not
visible in reverse video mode.  I set up two resource files to
work with two applications, ROWTEST and FORMEDIT.  The files are
listed below:

------------------------------------------------------------------
/*
    .ROWTEST - RESOURCE FILE FOR ROWTEST EXAMPLE
*/
*Rowtest*ReverseVideo:	off
*Rowtest*rowcol*singleRow:	TRUE
*Rowtest*rowcol*layoutType:	maximum_columns
*Rowtest**RowCol*mode:	one_of_many
*Rowtest*PushButton*translations: <Btn1Down>: select ()
*Rowtest*button1*label:    	Button One
*Rowtest*button2*label:    	Button Two
*Rowtest*button3*label:    	Button Three
*Rowtest*button4*label:    	Button Four
*Rowtest*button5*label:    	Button Five
*Rowtest*button6*label:    	Button Six
-----------------------------------------------------------------
/*
    .FORMEDIT - RESOURCE FILE FOR FORMEDIT EXAMPLE
*/
*Formedit*ReverseVideo:	off
*Formedit*button1*label:    Name:
*Formedit*button2*label:    Phone:
*Formedit*button3*label:    Address:
*Formedit*TextEdit*x:	100
*Formedit*field1*y:	 10
*Formedit*field2*y:	 40
*Formedit*field3*y:	 70
*Formedit*PushButton*x:	 10
*Formedit*button1*y:	 10
*Formedit*button2*y:	 40
*Formedit*button3*y:	 70
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

If I load .ROWTEST using xrdb with the '-m' option, then run
ROWTEST, the buttons do not show up. If I check the resource
values using XtGetApplicationResources, the values are
foreground= 1, background= 1, and reverse video = 1.  If I then
load .FORMEDIT, then run ROWTEST, the buttons show up in normal
video (black on white) and the values are foreground= 1,
background= 1, and reverse video = 0.  If I run xrdb -query after
loading .ROWTEST, I get *ReverseVideo: on,
*Rowtest*ReverseVideo:off.  After loading .FORMTEST, the reverse
video resources are the same, except the value
*Formedit*ReverseVideo:off has been added.  It appears as if the
program ROWTEST is getting the value for the reverse video
resource from the FORMEDIT hierarchy rather than the ROWEDIT
resource hierarchy.  This also happens with other resources, like
the button labels.  I have compiled this program on both a Sun 3
running X11/R3 and a Sun 4 running X11/R4 with the same results.
If I add the lines:

    *foreground:    White
    *background:    Black

to .ROWTEST, I can get the buttons to show up in reverse video
(white on black).  As I mentioned in my previous posting, I do
not have to change any resources for command widgets to show
their labels properly in reverse video.  Can any one explain what
I am doing wrong or point me to a reference on resources.  I read
the explanation in Young's book, but they are not working they
way I would have expected.

 Marc Laymon	         E-MAIL: laymon@nepal.crd.ge.com
 GE R&D
 Schenectady, NY