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From: marchany@vtserf.cc.vt.edu (Randy Marchany)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: DecWindows: Translating a compund string to ascii string
Message-ID: <1228@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 91 20:54:15 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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I am writing a DECwindows application that uses simple text widgets. I'd
like to get the text entered in an ascii format. I found a routine 
(DWT$LATIN1_STRING) that converts an ascii string to compound string but
can't find a routine that goes the other way. My system is currently
running Ultrix 4.1 with all of the appropriate Decwindow subsets
installed. I have heard that a method is described in a VMS Decwindows
Toolkit manual but we don't have such a beast here. Thanks for any help.
I'll be glad to post a summary to the net. Thanks again.
	-Randy Marchany
	VA Tech Computing Center
	Blacksburg, VA 24061
INTERNET: marchany@vtserf.cc.vt.edu