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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

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

2511.0. "XtManage grows dialog box (V5.3 only)" by GYPSC::BADE () Mon Mar 26 1990 08:09

    Since VMS V5.3 popup dialog boxes grow in size with each 
    XtUnmanage/XtManage action. The problem can be easily reproduced
    with the DECburger example: with every call to the control box
    the free space between the Apply/Dismiss/Reset pushbuttons and the
    lower end of the box increases by about a pixel.
    
    
    This problem was doesn't exist with earlier versions of VMS. 
    It is particularly  annoying for applications that frequently 
    use the same widget for I/O. Does anybody know a solution or
    workaround to this problem ?
    
    Dirk Bade @UFC (DTN 773-3283)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2511.1		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Mon Mar 26 1990 12:05`	4
	I reported this against DECwindows MAIL a long time ago. The problem is known, but a solution seems still in the future. Steve
2511.2	Known problem - not fixed yet	DECWIN::KLEIN		`Mon Mar 26 1990 12:09`	15
	> Since VMS V5.3 popup dialog boxes grow in size with each > XtUnmanage/XtManage action. The problem can be easily reproduced > with the DECburger example: with every call to the control box > the free space between the Apply/Dismiss/Reset pushbuttons and the > lower end of the box increases by about a pixel. FileView has been plagued by this as well. The toolkit people promised to fix it (someday) but so far it doesn't seem to have been fixed. It has been QARed, I believe, but I don't know the QAR number. The only workaround I can think of is to get the size of the dialog box in the application and then keep setting it back to that size every time it is popped up. Ugly. But don't hold your breath, either. -steve-
2511.3		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Mon Mar 26 1990 13:21`	6
	I found that I reported this as DECWINDOWS-IFT QAR 3542. Last I looked, there seemed to be some argument between the DWMAIL and Toolkit people about it, but I remember seeing some mail saying that the problem had been identified in the toolkit. Steve