Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

3426.0. "Is there a way to get the widget ID of the OK button in the file selection widget??" by VIA::DESROSIERS () Wed Oct 03 1990 12:53

Hi,

I am a developer for DECdecision/Access and we are trying to make all our Modal
dialog boxes Modeless.  This includes making our file selection widgets Modeless.
However, there will be certain times the file selection widget should not be 
valid and the OK button should be grayed.  Is there currently any way to do 
this??  If there isn't, will there be a way to get the OK widget id in Motif??

Thanks,
Karen

PS Sorry if this has already been answered.  I searched the notesfile and the 
only relevant note I found (note 2845.5) was never answered.

   I don't have the docs handy, but I believe that most compound container
   objects such as file selection have a routine to obtain the widget id of
   its automatically created children...

   If it follows the conventions I've seen it's called something perhaps like
   XmFileSeclectionGetChild or something similar. If I can remember where I
   put the docs I'll try to verify this...

-mike

   Confirmed. The routine exists and could be called as such:

   ok_widget = XmFileSelectionBoxGetChild (file_sel_widget, XmDIALOG_OK_BUTTON);

-mike