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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

3594.0. "DECw V3 IFT kit vs. OSF MOTIF devel. kit ???" by AIRBAG::SWATKO () Tue Nov 06 1990 16:13

I have a question regarding the relationship between DECwindows/MOTIF V3 IFT
kit and the OSF MOTIF developer's kit.

At one point in time, I had the OSF MOTIF V1.0 kit installed.  We were (and
are) creating applications to run under MOTIF as well as (old)DECwindows.
The other day, I installed the DECwindows V3 IFT kit with programming
support for VAX C and MIT C.  The build procedures we used to build our
applications no longer work.  I found that all the files under
SYS$COMMON:[DECW$MOTIF...] are gone.

Questions:

- Does this mean that the MOTIF developer's kit is not necessary if I've
  installed the DECwindows V3 IFT kit?  Do I just link against the standard
  DECwindows files to get a MOTIF application?

- If yes, how can I make standard old DECwindows interface apps (not MOTIF)?
  (We still support those too).

- If no, then if I install the MOTIF V1.1 kit after the DECwindows V3IFT
  kit, will this mess anything up or replace any current files with "less than
  current" files?

Any help would be appreciated.

-Mike
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3594.1V3 makes developer's kit unnecessaryLEOVAX::TREGGIARITue Nov 06 1990 17:4515
> - Does this mean that the MOTIF developer's kit is not necessary if I've
>   installed the DECwindows V3 IFT kit?  Do I just link against the standard
>   DECwindows files to get a MOTIF application?

    Yes.  The developer's kit is not necessary.
    
> - If yes, how can I make standard old DECwindows interface apps (not MOTIF)?
>   (We still support those too).

    You link them the same way you always did (i.e. against
    DECW$DWTLIBSHR).  Note that there are a few changes in the Intrinsics
    which are specified in the toolkit release notes.  You pick up
    these changes when you re-link your application.
    
Leo
3594.2QUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centWed Nov 07 1990 09:215
    However, the IFT kit for DECwindows V3 seems to include none of the
    examples that are on the Developer's kit.  Not even Motif versions of
    HelloWorld and DECburger.
    
    			Steve
3594.3it's nice to have shareable imagesDECWIN::LEMBREEJust do it.Wed Nov 07 1990 11:027
Mike,
	One big advantage that you'll find in using V3 instead
of the devo's kit is that your images will be smaller because the
toolkit on V3 is a shareable image, and the devo's kit libraries
aren't.

Rob
3594.4QUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centWed Nov 07 1990 11:345
Re: .3

The Motif 1.1 kit has shareable images.

	Steve