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XmCreateInformationDialog(3XM)  —  NEWS-OS Programmer’s Manual

NAME

XmCreateInformationDialog — the MessageBox InformationDialog convenience creation function. 

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/MessageB.h> Widget XmCreateInformationDialog (parent, name, arglist, argcount)
Widgetparent;
Stringname;
ArgListarglist;
Cardinalargcount;

DESCRIPTION

XmCreateInformationDialog is a convenience creation function that creates a DialogShell and an unmanaged MessageBox child of the DialogShell.  An InformationDialog gives the user information, such as the status of an action.  It includes a symbol, a message, and three buttons.  The default symbol is a lower case i.  The default button labels are OK, Cancel, and Help. 

Use XtManageChild to pop up the InformationDialog (passing the MessageBox as the widget parameter); use XtUnmanageChild to pop it down. 

parentSpecifies the parent widget ID

nameSpecifies the name of the created widget

arglistSpecifies the argument list

argcountSpecifies the number of attribute/value pairs in the argument list (arglist)

For a complete definition of MessageBox and its associated resources, see XmMessageBox(3XM). 

RETURN VALUE

Returns the MessageBox widget ID. 

RELATED INFORMATION

XmMessageBox(3XM). 

NEWS-OSRelease 4.2.1R

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