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From: mistry@hppad.HP.COM (Mohan Mistry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Using XHPGetServerMode on a 700/X
Message-ID: <1050005@hppad.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Jul 90 13:23:23 GMT
References: <1475@sdrc.UUCP>
Organization: HP Panacom Automation Div Waterloo, Ont.
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>When I call XHPGetServerMode and I'm running on an HP700/X terminal, I get
>an X protocol error - Bad request code or no such operation. When I call this
>routine while running under a non-HP X server it simply returns -1 (as 
>expected) or when on an HP workstation it returns the X server mode as specified
>in X0screens. Why would this error out on the 700/X ? I would expect it to 
>return a -1 also or XHPIMAGE_MODE if the extension was in that server.
>
>

The HP 700/X has "HP  EXTENTIONS" but not ALL requests are supported. This
is one of them. It will be fixed in the near future so that it does not
result in "X protocol error - Bad request....". 
I have filed the  defect into our defect reporting system. I'll check
if there is a workaround.


Mohan Mistry
Panacom Automation Division.
Hewlett Packard Canada Ltd.,
20 Lexington Road,
Waterloo, N2J 3Z3 
Ontario CANADA
(519) 886 5320
mistry@hppad.HP.COM