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Motif 2.1 Programmer's Reference


XmCreateMessageBox

The MessageBox widget creation function

Format

#include <Xm/MessageB.h>
Widget XmCreateMessageBox
Widget
parentString nameArgList
arglistCardinal argcount

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.

parent
Specifies the parent widget ID

name
Specifies the name of the created widget

arglist
Specifies the argument list

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

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

RETURN

Returns the MessageBox widget ID.

RELATED

XmMessageBox (3).


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