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From: ngse18@castle.ed.ac.uk (J R Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: What is libPW.a? Where is it on Ultrix 3.1/VMS 5.3?
Message-ID: <5503@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 2 Aug 90 17:26:04 GMT
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We are translating a large application from DECwindows to Motif, using
Motif binary distributions for Ultrix 3.1 and VMS 5.3 made up for us in
advance of the full release by our helpful DEC support staff (I guess
that makes us some kind of beta-test site).  

Pages 36 and 63 of the Programmer's Guide Part 1 (Toolkit) tell us that
the XmFileSelectionBox widget requires the libPW.a library to function  
properly, but we have been unable to find libPW.a anywhere within the 
Ultrix distribution or the Motif binary distribution provided by DEC.  
Although the application can be linked without -lPW and without yielding
errors, when we do so, the structure returned by XmFileSelectionBox
appears to contain a garbage .value field.  We admit the possibility
that our code may contain errors, but in view of the remarks in the
Programmer's Manual, it seems quite possible that the problem lies in
the missing library libPW.a; our helpful DEC support are making
enquiries through their own channels.  In the meantime, I wonder if any 
friends on the net can help us by explaining what libPW.a is and where we
should expect to find it?

Thanks in advance ...

Russ