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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: String to Window conversion for XmForm
Message-ID: <1991Feb14.154004.7347@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 14 Feb 91 15:40:04 GMT
Sender: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
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Can anyone hazard a guess as to why the XmForm class doesn't
install a String to Window converter?

As one who prefers to keep as much data in the resource files as
possible, I decided to install one myself in my programs.  The following
routine, snagged from the Athena Form widget code, does a fine job.

#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
#include <Xm/Xm.h>
#include <X11/Xmu/Converters.h>
#include <X11/IntrinsicP.h>
#include <X11/CoreP.h>

void
setupConverters()
{
	static XtConvertArgRec parentCvtArgs[] = {
		{XtBaseOffset, (caddr_t)XtOffset(Widget, core.parent),
			sizeof(Widget)}
	};

	XtAddConverter(XmRString, XmRWindow, XmuCvtStringToWidget,
		parentCvtArgs, XtNumber(parentCvtArgs));
}