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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
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Subject: Re: background pixmap in a widget
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Date: 9 Dec 88 21:54:48 GMT
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> Okay, I made my own widget using the Template widget supplied with R3.
> The X folks are to be congratulated on this, by the way -- it's well
> documented, and I had my widget up and running in about 10 minutes.

Thanks.  Glad to hear it was useful.

> Anyway, I'd like to have my widget come up with a custom background
> pixmap made from some bitmap data I have. 
...
> Should I make my own RealizeProc?

Yes, the realize procedure is the appropriate place to put one-time
resource creation of this type.  The initialize procedure could be
used as well and it's almost a toss-up, but delaying until realize
allows for the possibility that a client may change some resource
data (via XtSetValues, for example) upon which your created resources
depend.   Section 2.5 of 'X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface'
is the place to read about realize procedures.