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From: gaf@uucs1.UUCP (gaf)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Getting ID for widget loaded from .uid? (Motif)
Message-ID: <223@uucs1.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 90 04:14:00 GMT
Reply-To: gaf@uucs1.UUCP ()
Organization: UUCS inc., Phoenix Az
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I can't believe there isn't a simple, approved way to do this, but can't
see one for the life of me.

I fetch a tree of widgets from my .uid file, and need the widget ID of
some of them so I can twiddle their resources on the fly.  Trouble is,
I can't see a way of finding the widget ID.

My situation is pretty simple: I have a toggle button on a menu, the callback
for which tries to open a file.  If the open fails, I don't want to leave
the toggle "on" since it would fool the user.  It's easy enough to turn it
"off" with XtSetValues, but I need the widget ID for that.

This seems like the sort of thing that would come up fairly often.
Has anyone else faced and solved this, or am I missing something obvious
(not uncommon).
-- 
Guy Finney					It's that feeling of deja-vu
UUCS inc.   Phoenix, Az				all over again.
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