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From: wwang@osf.org ("Weidong Wang from OSF")
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: How to create separate windows ??
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Date: 22 Apr 91 09:42:37 GMT
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  >  
  >  I want to create an application that has a control panel and another
  >  completely separate window also.
  >  
What you should do is to create two shells, not just two widgets under one
shell.

  >  
  >  Here is a code fragment with many extras taken out:
  >  
  >  		XtToolkitInitialize();
  >      app_context = XtCreateApplicationContext();
  >      display = XtOpenDisplay(app_context, NULL, argv[0], "MNSFEdit",
  >                              NULL, 0, &argc, argv);
  >      toplevel = XtAppCreateShell (argv[0], NULL, applicationShellWidgetClass,
  >                                display, arglist, n);
  >  
	 XtManageChild(XmCreateFileSelectionBox(toplevel, "fb", args, 0));

	 shell2 = XtCreateWidget("shell2", topLevelShellWidgetClass, toplevel,
				 args, 0);

  >  		mainW = XmCreateMainWindow (shell2, "mainW", arglist, n);
  >      XtManageChild (mainW);
  >  
  >  		controlW = XmCreateBulletinBoardDialog (toplevel,
"PageDisplayControlPanel",
  >  			arglist, n);
  >  
  >      XtRealizeWidget(toplevel);
  > 
	 XtRealizeWidget(shell2);
	 XtManageChild(controlW);

  >      XtAppMainLoop(app_context);
  >  -------------------------------------
  >  

This will give you a shell with a file selectionbox in it, another shell with a
main window init, and a dialog bulletin board shell. 3 windows.

Hope this helps.


Weidong Wang
Systems, Engineering, OSF