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From: davis@b11.ingr.com (Chris Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif,ingr.x
Subject: Re: Setting win decoration from within an app.
Message-ID: <1991Feb21.152742.7966@b11.ingr.com>
Date: 21 Feb 91 15:27:42 GMT
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doyle@doyled.ingr.com (Doyle C. Davidson) writes:

>>
>>jon@infonode.ingr.com (Jon Stone) writes:
>>
>>>I want to be able to create some windows running under mwm, and have no
>>>borders placed on the window at all by mwm.  I want to perform this
>>>function from within the app, instead of using the "clientDecoration:
>>>none" in the user's resource file.
>>
>>If you use any shell widget that has a VendorShell subclass, you will have
>>programmatic access to a resource called "XmNmwmDecorations".  This resource
>>allows you to set the decorations of the shell window.
>>
>>A couple of comments on VendorShell and this resource:
>>
>>	Note that this resource is of type int, and there isn't any very
>>	specific documentation on what values are valid for this resource.
>>	You will have to experiment with it.  You might want to use an 
>>	app-defaults file at first to find out what numbers correspond to
>>	what decorations, and then hard code it in your	application once you
>>	establish the desired results.
>>
>>chris davis
>See "/usr/include/Xm/MwmUtil.h"
>specifically MWM_DECOR_*

>Doyle C. Davidson


In addition to Doyle's reference, I found some other docs on this subject.
Take a look in the OSF/Motif Programmer's manual at Chapter 12, Section 3.

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chris davis