[comp.windows.open-look] FlatCheckBox widgets in OLIT FlatCheckBox widgets in OLIT

** Sender Unknown ** (05/30/91)

> I independently tried the almost the same FlatCheckBox widget code as
> kkirksey@eng.auburn.edu except that I did use XtArgVal rather than
> String (as suggested by merlyn@attunix.att.com) and it crashed in
> exactly the same place.

Has to be a bug in the FlatCheckbox code, then, one that is
chip-related (i.e. a bug that is benign on the '386 but not on
the SPARC). For what it is worth, the originally posted code
is correct, except for the XtArgVal.

> Does anybody have any
> suggestions on what I can do to make the FlatCheckBox's work in the
> meantime?

If you don't have the source to the OpenWindows 2.0 release
(or at least the source to OLIT), then I believe the answer is
"Sorry, no."

> Is it possible to obtain the OPEN LOOK 4.0 toolkit now and
> will it be the same as the OpenWindows 2.5 OLIT toolkit?

Yes, but.

Yes, the OPEN LOOK 4.0 toolkit has been available for about 6
months or so, from USL. [I'll send information directly to
Stuart Pook, who asked the question.]

But, the Sun and USL releases are out of phase, which means
OLIT 2.5 (yes, I was mistaken when I called it OpenWindows 2.5)
has the advantage of a few months of bug fixing, over the OPEN
LOOK 4.0 release. So while you can get the 4.0 code, you may
find it has some other (SPARC-related) bugs. My apologies.

Steve Humphrey
UNIX System Laboratories