Volume 6A: Motif Programming Manual

25.3.6 Pixmaps

The UIL compiler supports pixmap values so that the various pixmap resources can be set in a UIL module. These

resources include icon−type resources such as XmNsymbolPixmap and shading−type resources such as

XmNbackgroundPixmap. There are two different forms of pixmap values that you can use in a UIL module. The

first type is an xbitmapfile, which is a reference to a bitmap defined in a separate file. For details on the X bitmap

file format, see Volume One, Xlib Programming Manual. The second type is an icon, which is defined entirely

within a UIL module. The xbitmapfile type is used to specify a bitmap file. The contents of the file are used to

create the actual bitmap. The module in the source code shows the use of this type.

/* bomb.uil −− Example using xbitmapfile type */

module bomb

procedure quit;

object root : XmMessageDialog {

arguments {

XmNmessageString = compound_string ("Segmentation Fault", separate=true) &

compound_string ("(Dumping Core)");

XmNsymbolPixmap = xbitmapfile ('bomb.xbm');

XmNdialogTitle = "Fatal Error";

};

};

end module;

This example creates a MessageDialog that uses a customized icon instead of one of the standard Motif symbols. The

output of the module is shown in the figure.

User interface of bomb.uil

The xbitmapfile value is a bitmap whose contents are defined in the file bomb.xbm. X bitmaps are a convenient

format since they can be edited and ...