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From: dqmelo@sdrc.UUCP (Asbjorn_melo)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Bug in XGetWindowAttributes in x11r3
Keywords: XGetWindowAttributes
Message-ID: <1151@sdrc.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 90 14:05:11 GMT
Organization: SDRC, Cincinnati
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I'm posting again because I got no response the first time. This time I will
be more specific.  I'm writing a calculator in x11r3 on a DEC vaxstation 3100.
I'm trying to find a way to resize the buttons on the calculator when the user
resizes the main window of the calculator.  Initially, I tried calling XConfigureWindow
on the subwindows when I got a ConfigureNotify event on the parent.  This resulted
in the disappearance of the subwindows and no reappearance in the new location.
Now I am trying a new approach.  When a ConfigureNotify event is received on the
parent, I call XDestroyWindow on the parent after querying the current location
and size.  The problem with this approach is that I am unable to query the
location of the main window in my application.  The XWindowAttributes structure
stores -1, -1 for the x, y members anytime after the window is mapped.  Therefore
calls to XGetWindowAttributes or XGetWindowGeometry return -1, -1 for the location.


Can anyone say how to get the correct location of a window;  how to get XConfigureWindow
to work; or a good way to get subwindows to resize along with their parent?

Thanks,

Mitch Horton 

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