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From: dex@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Dex Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Positioning dialogs, etc
Message-ID: <110630027@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 15 Nov 90 05:09:15 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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>1. I am creating a popup with XmCreateFormDialog. How can I give it a screen 
>   position other than the default center ? I tried setting the x and y for
>   its parent, the shell, but it didn't seem to work.

Set the dialog's "defaultPosition" resource to False.  This resource is 
brought to the party by the XmBulletinBoard widget class (which is the source
for many important "dialog" features).

- Dex Smith

  Interface Technology Operation
  Hewlett-Packard Company
  Corvallis, Oregon
  dex@hpcvlx.hp.com