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From: gadget@redcloud.scd.ucar.edu (CU student prog.)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Large data set processing interfering with X server.
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Date: 3 May 90 19:33:46 GMT
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Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR, Boulder, CO
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We are running an application on a DecStation 3100, under DecWindows. The
application uses widgets from the Motiff widget set. When we are trying
to process a large data set the window containing the widgets is not being
updated by the X server. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem except that
we want to display the status of the processing. In other words, we want
to display a message in the window when we have processed every 10 percent
of the data. At this time, it is impossible to do this since we are trying
to display this information in the window that isn't being refreshed.

Any suggestions on how to get around this problem would be greatly
appreciated.

Dan Wells
(gadget@redcloud.UCAR.EDU)