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From: asente@decwrl.dec.com (Paul Asente)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: widget name
Message-ID: <1482@bacchus.dec.com>
Date: 10 Jun 89 22:05:10 GMT
References: <1937@aucs.UUCP> <100920081@hpcvlx.HP.COM>
Organization: DEC Western Software Lab
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In article <100920081@hpcvlx.HP.COM> ben@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Benjamin Ellsworth) writes:
>> How do I get the name which was used in creating an HP widget later 
>> on in the program?
>
>It's hard.  IMHO it is a hole in the Xt functionality.

It is.  You could wait for R4, which will have an XtName function.  In the
meantime writing a function like Benjamin suggested is the best solution.

	-paul asente
	    asente@decwrl.dec.com	decwrl!asente