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From: lcp@ibism.UUCP (Larry Poleshuck)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: XmSelectionDialog, Motif 1.1 (VMS)
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Date: 15 Nov 90 16:23:30 GMT
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In article <12079@ibism.uucp>, lcp@ibism.UUCP (Larry Poleshuck) writes:
> We are having a problem with Motif 1.1 on VMS.  (yes, VMS).  We have a
> XmSelectionDialog.  We add a few items to the scroll list in the selection box.
> Then we delete ALL using XmListDeleteAllItems() and then add new items to the 
> list.  We get access violations (ie segment violation) when we move the cursor
> and cause a focus event.  We have tried calling XmListDeselectAllItems before
> the deletion, on the assumption that we still had something selected from
> the previous list.
> 
> Has anyone seen this problem.  Is it a bug or a mis-reading of the use of
> the widget?
> 
> -- 

A work-around to this bug is to delete the list items one at a time, rather
than deleteAll.  When we do that, the access violations disappear.


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Larry Poleshuck
Citibank
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