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Re: widget crashes and restarts [message #5233 is a reply to message #5215]

Sat, 28 October 1995 00:00

knighton
Messages: 12
Registered: June 1995

Junior Member

Mark Fardal <fardal@shapley.colorado.edu> wrote:
> Okay, I give up,
>
> If you have a widget application that crashes somewhere in the event
> handler, how do you (a) remove the current widget and (b) make sure
> everything is okay when you start the widget application again?
>
> I can destroy the widget either by closing the Xwindow or by typing
> WIDGET_CONTROL, /RESET. But then when I start up the widget again it
> is unresponsive; the buttons and menus can be manipulated but they
> don't call the event handler. Right now the only way I know of to
> restart the widget is to exit and restart IDL.
>
When the crash occurs, first destroy the widget, then type:

IDL> RETALL ;Gets back to main program level
IDL> XMANAGER ;Causes XMANAGER to clean itself up

This should allow you to rerun the application again and have it respond properly.

Ken Knighton, knighton@gav.gat.com, knighton@cts.com
Fusion Division
General Atomics
San Diego, CA

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