Museum

Home

Lab Overview

Retrotechnology Articles

⇒ Online Manual

Media Vault

Software Library

Restoration Projects

Artifacts Sought

XmCreateMessageBox(3X)  —  OSF/Motif

NAME

XmCreateMessageBox − The MessageBox widget creation function

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

XmCreateMessageBox creates an unmanaged MessageBox.  A MessageBox is used for common interaction tasks, which include giving information, asking questions, and reporting errors.  It includes an optional symbol, a message, and three buttons. 

By default, there is no symbol.  The default button labels are OK, Cancel, and Help. 

If the parent of the MessageBox is a DialogShell, use XtManageChild to pop up the MessageBox (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(3X). 

RETURN VALUE

Returns the MessageBox widget ID. 

RELATED INFORMATION

XmMessageBox(3X). 

Typewritten Software • bear@typewritten.org • Edmonds, WA 98026