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From: JONESD@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (David Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: What is distinction between close-down modes?
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Date: 20 Feb 90 03:22:53 GMT
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Is there any distinction between close-down modes RetainTemporary and
RetainPermanent?  The description of connection close actions by the server
treats the 2 modes identically, so does it matter whether I use one or the
other?

I'll fully describe the situation since I'm not positive that SetCloseDownMode
is what I should be doing.  The software is VMS DECwindows Version 2.  I wrote
a program that is run by the DECW$SYLOGIN script which automatically gives the
user access from the workstation's boot server, via a call to XAddHost.
It soon became apparent that the running of this program sporatically caused
logins to abort, blanking the screen and returning to the login window.
The login aborts seemed to be a result of the window manager not being able
to access the server, which correlated with server resets.  I modified the
program so that it sets close-down mode to RetainTemporary and the login
aborts stopped ocurring.

David L. Jones               |      Phone:    (614) 292-6929
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