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From: stuart@siesoft.co.uk (Stuart Hood)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Help wanted with using UIL
Summary: Help wanted with using UIL
Keywords: UIL, help
Message-ID: <1990Sep7.160336.19481@siesoft.co.uk>
Date: 7 Sep 90 16:03:36 GMT
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Organization: Siemens System Developement Group, Reading, UK
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I am having problems using our installed version of UIL. According
to the OSF/Motif Programmer's guide, the following should produce a
Main Window widget:

module test

object w1: XmMainWindow {
    arguments {
	XmNheight = 100;
	XmNwidth = 100;
    };
};

end module

I cannot get this to compile. After some experimentation, I produced the
following, which does compile:

module test

object w1: main_window {
    arguments {
	height = 100;
	width = 100;
    };
};

end module

and with a suitable program this does produce a window on the display.

The problems are:

1. why doen't the first version work

2. if I try and extend the simple test by setting the visual_policy, say, it
   does not behave correctly.

3. I cannot work out how to define the scrollbar widgets.

4. I cannot use constants such as XmAUTOMATIC.

My guess is that I have a different version of the UIL compiler or that
I am doing something stupid. If it is the former would someone send me
(or tell me how to get) the documentation.

Any and all help will be appreciated.

Stuart.

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