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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

3085.0. "not diosplaying session manager" by MLNCSC::VOCI () Tue Jul 17 1990 04:20

    A Customer asked me if it is possible to not display the session 
    manager, he's user work within an application and he doesn't want to 
    have that messing around with decw.
    
    My questions are:
    
    1) Is this possible ?
    2) If the session manager is not display how can he run decterm ?
    
    Thanks,
    Gea.
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3085.1DECW$STARTUP SERVER,LIBSPEACHS::BELDINMon Jul 23 1990 13:1637
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>    A Customer asked me if it is possible to not display the session 
>    manager, he's user work within an application and he doesn't want to 
>    have that messing around with decw.
>    
>    My questions are:
>    
>    1) Is this possible ?

	Yes.  Define the logical DECW$IGNORE_DECWINDOWS in the startup
	file to NOT start DECwindows and then startup DECwindows yourself
	by doing:

		$ @sys$manager:decw$startup server,libs

	This starts the server and installs the libraries.  The customer
	will then have to do a 

		$ set display/create/trans=local 

	to get a display before running his account.  Probably want to
	do this as com file input to a detached process.  Note that if
	he wants a window manager he'll have to run that detached as
	well (SYS$SYSTEM:DECW$WINMGR.EXE for XUI).  Make sure that
	he starts DECnet BEFORE DECwindows and that it has completed...
	

>    2) If the session manager is not display how can he run decterm ?

	He could:
	
		- have his application call DECtermPort
		- have his process (with a CLI) do a LIB$SPAWN or something
		  to CREATE/TERM  (assuming he is at VMS 5.3 or above)

	Rick Beldin
	VMS Workstation Support