Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

1295.0. "DECwindows tools from a subprocess" by EMC2::FIRTH (Hold on and don't look down) Thu Aug 17 1989 05:20

Hello,

I am trying to run DECwindows VMS tools (Mail, Notes, CMS etc) from
my own application. I do this by creating a subprocess and passing it the
appropriate command. However, sometimes the tool seems to only half work -
it appears as a "shruken" window with all the widgets squashed up. At the
same time it pours out loads of error messages, like the ones below:


X error event received from server: BadValue - integer parameter out of range
  Failed request major op code 1 X_CreateWindow
  Failed request minor op code 0 (if applicable)
  ResourceID 0xffffffef in failed request (if applicable)
  Serial number of failed request 192
  Current serial number in output stream 193
%XLIB-E-ERROREVENT, error event received from server
X error event received from server: not a valid window ID
  Failed request major op code 33 X_GrabKey
  Failed request minor op code 0 (if applicable)
  ResourceID 0x500045 in failed request (if applicable)
  Serial number of failed request 195
  Current serial number in output stream 226
%XLIB-E-ERROREVENT, error event received from server
... etc


Could anyone throw some light on this - am I short on some resources,
or some required set-up?

Thanks,

Chris Firth, Ferney, France