| Re: Iconising IDL Widgets [message #8270] |
Fri, 21 February 1997 00:00 |
Phil Williams
Messages: 78
Registered: April 1996
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Tim Patterson wrote:
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> I've seen this question asked before (once by me!) but I've never
> seen an answer. Not even one to say it can't be done!
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> The question is:
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> Is it possible to create a new icon image for an IDL widget,
> so that it is easy to tell them apart when they are iconised?
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> My application has a lot of windows, and they all look pretty
> much the same when they are iconised (except for the text of
> course). Although I try and control their iconisation (?)
> with the software so that they are open and available when the
> user needs them, it would be nice if I could also give them
> a recognisable icon to so that (s)he can select them easily
> too.
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> So, is it possible or impossible? :)
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> Tim Patterson
David Fanning has a program to do this. I'm not sure if it's on his web
page or not, but I'm sure if you drop him a note he will be glad to
share it with you.
Phil
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| Re: Iconising IDL Widgets [message #8272 is a reply to message #8270] |
Fri, 21 February 1997 00:00  |
pit
Messages: 92
Registered: January 1996
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In article <330CF786.7A5F@raptor.lpl.arizona.edu>,
Tim Patterson <tim@raptor.lpl.arizona.edu> writes:
> Is it possible to create a new icon image for an IDL widget,
> so that it is easy to tell them apart when they are iconised?
This is *highly* platform-dependent.
The iconisation of windows is performed and controlled by a
window manager (at least on Unix Workstations).
So you could either define Icon maps in your WM setup based
on the names of the different windows or build your own
"Icon Manager" in IDL e.g.using widgets.
Peter
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