[comp.windows.x] XView OPEN FILE commands

cflatter@ZIA.AOC.NRAO.EDU (Chris Flatters) (10/19/90)

Ken Johnson writes:

> Is there a standard XView open file dialog?  If someone has written one
> I'd appreciate getting a copy.


See pages 193 to 196 in the OPEN LOOK style guide[%].  You should be able
to crib the code from the XView textedit client (xview2/contrib/textedit).

[%] OPEN LOOK Graphical User Interface Style Guidelines
    Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
    Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., 1989
    ISBN 0-201-52364-7 ($24.95)

		Chris Flatters

PS. The OPEN LOOK style guide is worth reading even if you aren't working
with an OPEN LOOK toolkit -- it contains a lot of common-sense visual
design ideas.