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From: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Donna Converse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11R4 Dialog Widget Question
Message-ID: <9003222046.AA11654@expo.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 22 Mar 90 20:46:41 GMT
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> I am running X11R4 on a Sun 3/60, SunOS 4.0.3 and trying to upgrade
> an application that uses the Athena widget set.  A Dialog widget that
> displays a default string value works under R3 but not under R4.  An X
> protocol error occurs using the following code.  The "root_wid" is of the
> "formWidgetClass".

Your code fragments work here.  I don't know what the problem is.
Do you ever set the string variable dest_folder to contain the null string?

Using a debugger and running with the -synchronize flag, you should be
able to identify which libarary call results in the protocol error.


Donna Converse
converse@expo.lcs.mit.edu