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From: marbru@auto-trol.UUCP (Martin Brunecky)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: How do I simulate Command button event?
Keywords: XSendEvent, Command
Message-ID: <818@auto-trol.UUCP>
Date: 12 Sep 90 00:11:04 GMT
References: <1990Sep11.095335@sarek.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: marbru@auto-trol.UUCP (Martin Brunecky)
Organization: Auto-trol Technology, Denver
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In article <1990Sep11.095335@sarek.Berkeley.EDU> mh2620@sarek.Berkeley.EDU (Mark Horstman [235-3417]) writes:
>I'm trying to simulate a button press/release event in a Athena Command
>widget but can't seem to get it to work.  I'm using XSendEvent.  Do I
>have to fill the whole XButtonEvent structure?  Do I have to send a 
>press event followed by a release event or can I just send the release
>event?
>
   You better do both, though for Xaw command I think you don't need
  to worry about x,y. If you don't send both press/release, something
  in the widget can get out of sync, especially since you can not manufacture
  the cative button grab normally activated by the server. 
  Your problem may be the target window (I don't know what method you
  use to determine it, or may be some other field in the event structure.

  I am sending a pointer event to the current pointer position, looking
  for a window underneath the pointer, and it works fine.

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