| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
I'm writing an workstation conferencing application which requires
me to have windows on multiple workstations.
What I would like to know is if it is possible to have a "dummy"
pointer on all the displays which will follow the lead of the pointer
on the first workstation.
I know that it is impossible(?) to have multiple pointers on one display
therefore is there some way to "simulate" a second pointer on a display
without using up too much of their small cpu resources?
I am looking for any suggestion which you have to offer.
Dan
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2236.1 | Yes...and no | NRMACP::WATSON | Because Daddy says so...thats why | Mon Feb 12 1990 06:54 | 11 |
I have tried something along these lines. You can easily get the
cursor on one screen to track another, and get button press events sent
to the appropriate window. Performance is probably not acceptable for
most applications, but I havent gone too deep into it.
However (see note 2244) I havent yet got this to work with the
DECwindows window manager running, or to send events to applications
using the toolkit. "Pure" X applications are OK. This may just be
errors in my programming, so I'll keep you posted.
-- Rob
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