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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

3176.0. "global window" by MLNCSC::VOCI () Tue Aug 07 1990 09:29

    A customer would like to refer a window created from an application
    from other applications in the system.
    
    Is it possible to make this in a simple way ?
    
    Thanks in advance,
    Gea.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3176.1	Huh?	LOWELL::KLEIN		`Tue Aug 07 1990 12:28`	6
	> A customer would like to refer a window created from an application > from other applications in the system. I don't have any idea what you mean. Suggest you describe in more detail. -steve-
3176.2		DAVIS::peter	Peter Davis, ZKO2-2/M28, 381-0838	`Tue Aug 07 1990 13:52`	2
	It sounds like what he's trying to do is pass a Window id or something so that multiple applications can write to the same window.
3176.3		GILROY::klee		`Tue Aug 07 1990 15:16`	8
	One easy way to share windows among applications is to put the window ID in a property of the root window. Give the property a well known name. Any client wishing to access the window can read the ID from the property. Disclaimer: X was never meant to be a general purpose IPC mechanism. X purists will strongly discourage hacks like this. Ken
3176.4		LOWELL::KLEIN		`Wed Aug 08 1990 13:23`	6
	>Disclaimer: X was never meant to be a general purpose IPC mechanism. >X purists will strongly discourage hacks like this. I had just the opposite impression. -steve-