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From: bturner@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Bill Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Way to get list of form's children?
Message-ID: <110630044@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 3 May 91 17:07:46 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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>    WidgetList ch;
>    Cardinal ch_count;
>
>    XtVaGetValues(form, XmNchildren, &ch, XmNchildCount, &ch_count, NULL);
>
>Note that `ch' is read-only.

Also be forwarned that some of the children of manager widgets are not
"real" objects.  If you are going to be doing things to the children
returned, check XtIsObject(ch[n]) before doing anything to it.  If it
isn't an object, then don't use it.

--Bill Turner (bturner@hp-pcd.cv.hp.com)
HP Interface Technology Operation