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From: jlunny@TWG.COM ("John Lunny")
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: help with XmCreateDrawingArea() ?
Message-ID: <8912192251.AA27790@expo.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 19 Dec 89 22:36:00 GMT
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hi,

at the outset i would like to warn you that i am new at this
X programming thing.

i'm trying to port an X Lib application to Motif.  I decided
to go with the XmDrawingArea Widget, so that i could keep my
old X Lib calls.  so i create a drawing area widget via 
XmCreateDrawingArea.  However, the X Lib calls require a window
with which to draw into.  i thought this could easily be the
result of a XtWindow() call on the widget returned from 
XmCreateDrawingArea.  however, when i try to create the graphics
context with this window id, it comes back with a badDrawable
error.  in a nutshell..
	drawingarea = XmCreateDrawingArea (...);
	XtManagechild (drawingarea);
	...
	w = XtWindow (drawingarea);
	XCreateGC (dpy, w, ...);
any ideas???
thanks in advance.
jlunny@twg.com