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From: veerabad@buster.cps.msu.edu (Vibhu Veerabadrappa)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: A question on Form widgets ... on motif.
Message-ID: <1991Feb1.235040.14018@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
Date: 1 Feb 91 23:50:40 GMT
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I had a problem using the form widget class:

I created a form widget as a child of the root widget. Under this 
form widget, I created some pushbutton widgets as children, and I
tried to space them using the resource file. Specifically, I tried 
to position some pushbuttons with respect to the form's right or
top edge, and it works fine.

I say:
*quit_button.topAttachment: attach_form

But if I try to specify the position wrt a widget, like:

*sep1.topAttachment: attach_widget <--- to attach to a widget
*sep1.topWidget: quit_button <--- name of the already created widget,

I get an error message when I run the application program. The error 
message is something like:

 ... no type converter specified for String to Window convertion 
					      ^^^^^^^^

Note that it says String to Window ... which is the first surprise.

1. So I tried to write a String to Window type converter based on the 
   example in Young's book ... (pg 61) but I do not know what the type 
   of Window is. I tried %d, but it would not work.

2. Another surprise is that if I burn the same information in the program 
   using XtSetValues, it works fine.

3. The problem is only if I try to position wrt a widget. I do not seem to
   have any problems with others, like attach_form, attach_position etc.

Can any of you please let me know if it is a legitimate problem, or am I
doing something wrong. I would appreciate it if you can send me mail, as
I do not read this group often. My address is 
	  veerabad@frith.egr.msu.edu

	  Thanks a lot.