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vijay@iitb.ernet.in (Vijay J. Talati) writes:

>Hi,
>I have a problem with Motif Text widget.
>What I want to do is display some text ( in any widget.. currently
>i am using Text Widget), and then display some graphics like a
>rectangle or an oval over it such that this figure is transparent and 
>the text is visible through it.

>I am not able to display the required graphics. So what i want to
>know is..
>1. Whether this is possible ?
>2. If not in text widget, can i acheive this in any other way?

The best way is to use a product like MetaCard, which is designed to
handle mixed text and graphics, instead of the Motif toolkit, which
was not.  Mail to info@metacard.com for product information.

Barring that, the best way is to use a drawing area or a drawn button
and draw both the text and the graphic yourself.  Keeping up with the
exposure events and redraws in regular widgets is an impossible task
without hacking the source.

>I am using Motif 1.0 under SCO UNIX 5.3.2 (ODT 1.?).

>I would appreciate any suggestions.
>Thanx.
>Vijay. (vijay@gateway.iitb.ernet.in) 



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