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From: nazgul@alfalfa.com (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Adding standard Motif info/error/etc symbols to own widget
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Date: 22 May 91 22:42:47 GMT
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> I have a need to display the standard Motif error/warning/info etc
> symbols that you get in the normal Motif message dialogs in my own
> widgets.
> 
> Can this be done, and if so, how is it done ?

First:

    //
    // Yes this looks really stupid, however it forces the initialization of
    // the dialog icons, which allows us to use them our own dialogs.
    //
    XtDestroyWidget(XmCreateMessageBox(MasterShell, "", NULL, 0));

Then:

    iconPixmap = XmGetPixmap(XtScreen(widget), "xm_error", fore, back);
    if (iconPixmap == XmUNSPECIFIED_PIXMAP) {
        iconPixmap = XmGetPixmap(XtScreen(widget), "default_xm_error", fore, back);
    }


No, none of this is documented.

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