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From: nazgul@alfalfa.com (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: Re: Converting character-based forms
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Date: 1 Jun 91 02:43:16 GMT
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> Does anyone have experience converting character-based forms (e.g. 3270) 
> into Motif forms.  I have a series of 24x80 form definitions where each 
> field is described in terms of x-y location, length, initial value, label, 
> etc.  I need to convert these into widget-based definitions.  I assume the 
> XmForm with XmLabel and XmText children would be the way to go, but it is 
> not obvious how the Position/Attachment resources should be specified.
> Any help would be appreciated -- thanks in advance.

I would use the Table widget or (if you don't mind wiring the font sizes)
a bulletin board.  Theoretically a bulletin board with the units in fontUnits
instead of pixels would be perfect, but I'm not sure it works.

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