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.ds tk X Toolkit
.ds xT X Toolkit Intrinsics \- C Language Interface
.ds xI Intrinsics
.ds xW X Toolkit Athena Widgets \- C Language Interface
.ds xL Xlib \- C Language X Interface
.ds xC Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual
.ds Rn 3
.ds Vn 2.2
.hw XtApp-Create-Shell XtVa-App-Create-Shell wid-get
.na
.TH XtAppCreateShell __libmansuffix__ __xorgversion__ "XT FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
XtAppCreateShell, XtVaAppCreateShell \- create top-level widget instance
.SH SYNTAX
.HP
Widget XtAppCreateShell(String \fIapplication_name\fP, String
\fIapplication_class\fP, WidgetClass \fIwidget_class\fP, Display
*\fIdisplay\fP, ArgList \fIargs\fP, Cardinal \fInum_args\fP);
.HP
Widget XtVaAppCreateShell(String \fIapplication_name\fP, String
\fIapplication_class\fP, WidgetClass \fIwidget_class\fP, Display
*\fIdisplay\fP, ...\^);
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP \fIapplication_name\fP 1i
Specifies the name of the application instance.
.IP \fIapplication_class\fP 1i
Specifies the class name of this application, which 
usually is the generic name for all instances of this application.
.IP \fIwidget_class\fP 1i
Specifies the widget class that the application top-level widget should be.
.IP \fIdisplay\fP 1i
Specifies the display from which to get the resources.
.IP \fIargs\fP 1i
Specifies the argument list from which to get the resources.
.IP \fInum_args\fP 1i
Specifies the number of arguments in the argument list.
.IP \fI...\fP 1i
Specifies the variable argument list from which to get the resources.
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B XtAppCreateShell
function saves the specified application name and application class
for qualifying all widget resource specifiers.
The application name and application class are used as the left-most components
in all widget resource names for this application.
.B XtAppCreateShell
should be used to create a new logical application within a program
or to create a shell on another display.
In the first case,
it allows the specification of a new root in the resource hierarchy.
In the second case,
it uses the resource database associated with the other display.
.LP
Note that the widget returned by
.B XtAppCreateShell
has the \s-1WM_COMMAND\s+1
property set for session managers (see Chapter 4).
.SH "SEE ALSO"
XtCreateWidget(__libmansuffix__)
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