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XmMessageBox(3X)

XmCreateInformationDialog(3X)

NAME

XmCreateInformationDialog − The MessageBox InformationDialog convenience creation function

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/MessageB.h>
Widget XmCreateInformationDialog (parent, name, arglist, argcount)

Widgetparent;
Stringname;
ArgListarglist;
Cardinalargcount;

DESCRIPTION

XmCreateInformationDialog is a convenience creation function that creates a DialogShell and an unmanaged MessageBox child of the DialogShell.  An InformationDialog gives the user information, such as the status of an action.  It includes a symbol, a message, and three buttons.  The default symbol is a lower case i.  The default button labels are OK, Cancel, and Help. 

Use XtManageChild to pop up the InformationDialog (passing the MessageBox as the widget parameter); use XtUnmanageChild to pop it down. 

parent
Specifies the parent widget ID

nameSpecifies the name of the created widget

arglist
Specifies the argument list

argcount
Specifies the number of attribute/value pairs in the argument list (arglist)

For a complete definition of MessageBox and its associated resources, see XmMessageBox(3X). 

RETURN VALUE

Returns the MessageBox widget ID. 

RELATED INFORMATION

XmMessageBox(3X). 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  Motif Release 1.2: May 1992

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