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  9.           XXXXmmmmRRRReeeeddddiiiissssppppllllaaaayyyyWWWWiiiiddddggggeeeetttt - Synchronously activates the eeeexxxxppppoooosssseeee
  10.           method of a widget to draw its content
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  13.           #include <Xm/Xm.h>
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  18.           This page documents Motif 2.1.
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  21.           This function is a convenience routine that hides the
  22.           details of the Xt internals to the application programmer by
  23.           calling the eeeexxxxppppoooosssseeeemethod of the given widget with a well
  24.           formed EEEExxxxppppoooosssseeeeevent and RRRReeeeggggiiiioooonnnncorresponding to the total area
  25.           of the widget. If the widget doesn't have an EEEExxxxppppoooosssseeeemethod,
  26.           the function does nothing.
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  28.           This is primarily used in the context of X Printing if the
  29.           programming model chosen by the application is _s_y_n_c_h_r_o_n_o_u_s;
  30.           that is, it doesn't rely of X Print events for the driving
  31.           of page layout but wants to completely control the sequence
  32.           of rendering requests.
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  34.           XXXXmmmmRRRReeeeddddiiiissssppppllllaaaayyyyWWWWiiiiddddggggeeeettttdoesn't clear the widget window prior to
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  38.           _w_i_d_g_e_t    The widget to redisplay.
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  41.           None.
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  44.           Not applicable
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  47.           In the following, a simple application wants to print the
  48.           content of a multi-page text widget (similar to ddddttttppppaaaadddd).
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  50.           PrintOKCallback(print_dialog...)
  51.           /*-------------*/
  52.           {
  53.               pshell = XmPrintSetup (print_dialog, pbs->print_screen,
  54.                                              "Print", NULL, 0);
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  56.               XpStartJob(XtDisplay(pshell), XPSpool);
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  58.               /**** here I realize the shell, get its size, create my widget
  59.                hierarchy: a bulletin board, and then a text widget,
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  74.                that I stuff with the video text widget buffer */
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  76.               /* get the total number of pages to print */
  77.               XtVaGetValues(ptext, XmNrows, &prows,
  78.                                    XmNtotalLines, n_lines, NULL);
  79.               n_pages = n_lines / prows;
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  81.               /***** now print the pages in a loop */
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  83.               for (cur_page=0; cur_page != n_pages; cur_page++) {
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  85.                          XpStartPage(XtDisplay(pshell), XtWindow(pshell), False);
  86.                          XmRedisplayWidget(ptext);  /* do the drawing */
  87.                          XpEndPage(XtDisplay(pshell));
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  89.                   XmTextScroll(ptext, prows);  /* get ready for next page */
  90.               }
  91.  
  92.               /***** I'm done */
  93.               XpEndJob(XtDisplay(pshell));
  94.  
  95.           }
  96.  
  97.           Of course, one could change the above code to include it in
  98.           a ffffoooorrrrkkkk(((())))branch so that the main program is not blocked while
  99.           printing is going on. Another way to achieve a "print-in-
  100.           the-background" effect is to use an Xt workproc. Using the
  101.           same sample application, that gives us:
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  103.           Boolean
  104.           PrintOnePageWP(XtPointer npages) /* workproc */
  105.           /*-------------*/
  106.           {
  107.               static int cur_page = 0;
  108.               cur_page++;
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  110.               XpStartPage(XtDisplay(pshell), XtWindow(pshell), False);
  111.               XmRedisplayWidget(ptext);  /* do the drawing */
  112.               XpEndPage(XtDisplay(pshell));
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  114.               XmTextScroll(ptext, prows);  /*  get ready for next page */
  115.  
  116.               if (cur_page == n_pages) { /***** I'm done */
  117.                   XpEndJob(XtDisplay(pshell));
  118.  
  119.                   XtDestroyWidget(pshell);
  120.                   XtCloseDisplay(XtDisplay(pshell));
  121.               }
  122.  
  123.               return (cur_page == n_pages);
  124.           }
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  140.           PrintOKCallback(...)
  141.           /*-------------*/
  142.           {
  143.               pshell = XmPrintSetup (widget, pbs->print_screen,
  144.                                              "Print", NULL, 0);
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  146.               XpStartJob(XtDisplay(pshell), XPSpool);
  147.  
  148.               /**** here I get the size of the shell, create my widget
  149.                     hierarchy: a bulletin board, and then a text widget,
  150.                             that I stuff with the video text widget buffer */
  151.  
  152.               /* get the total number of pages to print */
  153.               /* ... same code as above example */
  154.  
  155.               /***** print the pages in the background */
  156.               XtAppAddWorkProc(app_context, PrintOnePageWP, n_pages);
  157.           }
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