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From: converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Donna Converse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Athena Form Widget Bug?
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Date: 27 Apr 89 17:05:32 GMT
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>Here is what I want to do:
>	a) create a form widget.
>	b) add 3 labels, positioned as I want.
>	c) make the labels un-resizable.
	
>Here is what happens:
>	a) the labels get created.
>	b) they are the wrong size (I ask for 25x30, the estimated
>		actual size is 100x100)
>	c) they resize when the window is resized.

Read the very recent posting of Chris Peterson,
Re: dialog, label, and transient shell widget problems
It contains a description of the form widget resources which 
will answer your questions.

Try 
XtSetArg(arg[n], XtNtop, XtChainTop); n++;
XtSetArg(arg[n], XtNleft, XtChainLeft); n++;
XtSetArg(arg[n], XtNbottom, XtChainTop); n++;
XtSetArg(arg[n], XtNright, XtChainLeft); n++;

The labels will have the originally requested
size, and will not resize, when this code is
added to your original example code.