OSF/Motif Programming (T4-CHOICE)

The OSF/Motif Programming course helps applications programmers master programming using the OSF/Motif widget set. Students learn to create widget applications using the OSF/Motif widget set and Xt Intrinsics library. Students will be able to create interactive widgets, such as text editors, menus, scroll bars, toggle buttons, radio buttons, and dialog boxes and be able to organize these displayable, interactive widgets in container widgets (in rows, columns, or other forms). Students will also be able to write combined X windows (created by Xlib, Xt Intrinsics, or OSF/Motif) and windows rendered by the IRIS Graphics Library software products.

Topics

This course covers these topics:

Review of Using & Customizing X
The Xt Intrinsics
Display Widgets
Container Widgets
Introduction to Imakefiles
Callbacks
Event Handlers
Menus
Dialog Widgets
Mixing Xlib, OSF/Motif, and IRIS Graphics Library software functions in same program

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to...

Write programs with the X/Motif to create a user interface with buttons, sliders, text editors, menus, dialog boxes, and other widgets
Write programs which combine the IRIS GL objects and OSF/Motif widgets in the same shell widget

Prerequisites

This course is intended for...

Programmers who will be writing user interfaces
Students who are familiar enough with UNIX to manipulate directories and edit files
Students with C programming skills. These skills are necessary and will be used in class.

Note: Course is NOT taught in FORTRAN

Note: The student is over-qualified if he/she can write programs which create a Motif user interface with menu systems, dialogs, and other interactive widgets. It is helpful...

If the student has taken Graphics Library Programming 1 (T4-CHOICE) or has equivalent experience. It will be helpful for one section of the course, but not necessary to successfully complete the course
If the student has knowledge of the X Window System and resource management

Note: This is not a course in Xlib, UIL or any user interface builder.

Note: Extending the widget set is not included in the course syllabus.

Course Details

Duration: 4 days

Format: Instructor-Led (Lecture/Lab)

Platforms Covered: All Silicon Graphics Workstations

Tuition : Contact the Silicon Graphics Sales Office nearest you.