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From: tomj@snowking.Eng.Sun.COM (Tom Jacobs)
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Subject: Re: Dialogs in XView 2.0
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Date: 17 Oct 90 17:43:07 GMT
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In article <9010161521.AA14212@jupiter.risc.com>, kbj@JUPITER.RISC.COM
(Ken Johnson) writes:
|> 
|> It doesn't appear that there is a dialog box in XView.  Is there
anyone who
|> can tell me what the 'standard' practice for creazting this type of
functionality is?  It would seem that a comand frame is created, then a
panel, and then
|> the items in the panel.  Is this correct?  Also, I'm reading that
the
|> default panel can be attached to the command frame.  What does this
mean?
|> 
|> 
|> Ken Johnson                             Phone: 805-373-4487
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|> 
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methods....

There are two paths for dialog boxes.  The simplest method is to use
the
XView NOTICE facilities [notice_prompt()].  The other method for
creating
more interactive dialogs is to used FRAME_CMD objects and manager the
dialog
on your own.  Take a look at the explanations in the O`Reilly XVPM.

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