Intrinsics Error Messages
All Intrinsics errors and warnings have class
“XtToolkitError”.
The following two tables summarize the common errors and warnings that can be
generated by the Intrinsics.
Additional implementation-dependent messages are permitted.
Error Messages
Name
Type
Default Message
allocError
calloc
Cannot perform calloc
allocError
malloc
Cannot perform malloc
allocError
realloc
Cannot perform realloc
internalError
xtMakeGeometryRequest
internal error; ShellClassExtension is NULL
invalidArgCount
xtGetValues
Argument count > 0 on NULL argument list in XtGetValues
invalidArgCount
xtSetValues
Argument count > 0 on NULL argument list in XtSetValues
invalidClass
applicationShellInsertChild
ApplicationShell does not accept RectObj children; ignored
invalidClass
constraintSetValue
Subclass of Constraint required in CallConstraintSetValues
invalidClass
xtAppCreateShell
XtAppCreateShell requires non-NULL widget class
invalidClass
xtCreatePopupShell
XtCreatePopupShell requires non-NULL widget class
invalidClass
xtCreateWidget
XtCreateWidget requires non-NULL widget class
invalidClass
xtPopdown
XtPopdown requires a subclass of shellWidgetClass
invalidClass
xtPopup
XtPopup requires a subclass of shellWidgetClass
invalidDimension
xtCreateWindow
Widget %s has zero width and/or height
invalidDimension
shellRealize
Shell widget %s has zero width and/or height
invalidDisplay
xtInitialize
Can't open display: %s
invalidGetValues
xtGetValues
NULL ArgVal in XtGetValues
invalidExtension
shellClassPartInitialize
widget class %s has invalid ShellClassExtension record
invalidExtension
xtMakeGeometryRequest
widget class %s has invalid ShellClassExtension record
invalidGeometryManager
xtMakeGeometryRequest
XtMakeGeometryRequest - parent has no geometry manager
invalidParameter
xtAddInput
invalid condition passed to XtAddInput
invalidParameter
xtAddInput
invalid condition passed to XtAppAddInput
invalidParent
xtChangeManagedSet
Attempt to manage a child when parent is not Composite
invalidParent
xtChangeManagedSet
Attempt to unmanage a child when parent is not Composite
invalidParent
xtCreatePopupShell
XtCreatePopupShell requires non-NULL parent
invalidParent
xtCreateWidget
XtCreateWidget requires non-NULL parent
invalidParent
xtMakeGeometryRequest
non-shell has no parent in XtMakeGeometryRequest
invalidParent
xtMakeGeometryRequest
XtMakeGeometryRequest - parent not composite
invalidParent
xtManageChildren
Attempt to manage a child when parent is not Composite
invalidParent
xtUnmanageChildren
Attempt to unmanage a child when parent is not Composite
invalidProcedure
inheritanceProc
Unresolved inheritance operation
invalidProcedure
realizeProc
No realize class procedure defined
invalidWindow
eventHandler
Event with wrong window
missingWidget
fetchDisplayArg
FetchDisplayArg called without a widget to reference
nonWidget
xtCreateWidget
attempt to add non-widget child "%s" to parent "%s" which supports only widgets
noPerDisplay
closeDisplay
Couldn't find per display information
noPerDisplay
getPerDisplay
Couldn't find per display information
noSelectionProperties
freeSelectionProperty
internal error: no selection property context for display
noWidgetAncestor
windowedAncestor
Object "%s" does not have windowed ancestor
nullDisplay
xtRegisterExtensionSelector
XtRegisterExtensionSelector requires a non-NULL display
nullProc
insertChild
"%s" parent has NULL insert_child method
r2versionMismatch
widget
Widget class %s must be re-compiled.
R3versionMismatch
widget
Widget class %s must be re-compiled.
R4orR5versionMismatch
widget
Widget class %s must be re-compiled.
rangeError
xtRegisterExtensionSelector
Attempt to register multiple selectors for one extension event type
sessionManagement
SmcOpenConnection
Tried to connect to session manager, %s
subclassMismatch
xtCheckSubclass
Widget class %s found when subclass of %s expected: %s
Warning Messages
Name
Type
Default Message
ambiguousParent
xtChangeManagedSet
Not all children have same parent
ambiguousParent
xtManageChildren
Not all children have same parent in XtManageChildren
ambiguousParent
xtUnmanageChildren
Not all children have same parent in XtUnmanageChildren
badFormat
xtGetSelectionValue
Selection owner returned type INCR property with format != 32
badGeometry
shellRealize
Shell widget "%s" has an invalid geometry specification: "%s"
badValue
cvtStringToPixel
Color name "%s" is not defined
communicationError
select
Select failed; error code %s
conversionError
string
Cannot convert string "%s" to type %s
conversionError
stringToVisual
Cannot find Visual of class %s for display %s
conversionFailed
xtConvertVarToArgList
Type conversion failed
conversionFailed
xtGetTypedArg
Type conversion (%s to %s) failed for widget '%s'
displayError
invalidDisplay
Can't find display structure
grabError
xtAddGrab
XtAddGrab requires exclusive grab if spring_loaded is TRUE
grabError
xtRemoveGrab
XtRemoveGrab asked to remove a widget not on the list
initializationError
xtInitialize
Initializing Resource Lists twice
insufficientSpace
xtGetTypedArg
Insufficient space for converted type '%s' in widget '%s'
internalError
shell
Shell's window manager interaction is broken
invalidAddressMode
computeArgs
Conversion arguments for widget '%s' contain an unsupported address mode
invalidArgCount
getResources
argument count > 0 on NULL argument list
invalidCallbackList
xtAddCallback
Cannot find callback list in XtAddCallback
invalidCallbackList
xtAddCallback
Cannot find callback list in XtAddCallbacks
invalidCallbackList
xtCallCallback
Cannot find callback list in XtCallCallbacks
invalidCallbackList
xtRemoveAllCallback
Cannot find callback list in XtRemoveAllCallbacks
invalidCallbackList
xtRemoveCallback
Cannot find callback list in XtRemoveCallbacks
invalidChild
xtChangeManagedSet
Null child passed to UnmanageChildren
invalidChild
xtManageChildren
null child passed to ManageChildren
invalidChild
xtManageChildren
null child passed to XtManageChildren
invalidChild
xtUnmanageChildren
Null child passed to XtUnmanageChildren
invalidChild
xtUnmanageChildren
Null child found in argument list to unmanage
invalidDepth
setValues
Can't change widget depth
invalidExtension
xtCreateWidget
widget "%s" class %s has invalid CompositeClassExtension record
invalidExtension
xtCreateWidget
widget class %s has invalid ConstraintClassExtension record
invalidGrab
ungrabKeyOrButton
Attempt to remove nonexistent passive grab
invalidGrabKind
xtPopup
grab kind argument has invalid value; XtGrabNone assumed
invalidParameters
freeTranslations
Freeing XtTranslations requires no extra arguments
invalidParameters
mergeTranslations
MergeTM to TranslationTable needs no extra arguments
invalidParameters
xtMenuPopdown
XtMenuPopdown called with num_params != 0 or 1
invalidParameters
xtMenuPopupAction
MenuPopup wants exactly one argument
invalidParent
xtCopyFromParent
CopyFromParent must have non-NULL parent
invalidPopup
xtMenuPopup
Can't find popup widget "%s" in XtMenuPopup
invalidPopup
xtMenuPopdown
Can't find popup in widget "%s" in XtMenuPopdown
invalidPopup
unsupportedOperation
Pop-up menu creation is only supported on ButtonPress, KeyPress or EnterNotify events.
invalidPopup
unsupportedOperation
Pop-up menu creation is only supported on Button, Key or EnterNotify events.
invalidProcedure
deleteChild
null delete_child procedure for class %s in XtDestroy
invalidProcedure
inputHandler
XtRemoveInput: Input handler not found
invalidProcedure
set_values_almost
set_values_almost procedure shouldn't be NULL
invalidResourceCount
getResources
resource count > 0 on NULL resource list
invalidResourceName
computeArgs
Cannot find resource name %s as argument to conversion
invalidShell
xtTranslateCoords
Widget has no shell ancestor
invalidSizeOverride
xtDependencies
Representation size %d must match superclass's to override %s
missingCharsetList
cvtStringToFontSet
Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
noActionProc
xtCallActionProc
No action proc named "%s" is registered for widget "%s"
noColormap
cvtStringToPixel
Cannot allocate colormap entry for "%s"
noFont
cvtStringToFont
Unable to load any usable ISO8859-1 font
noFont
cvtStringToFontSet
Unable to load any usable fontset
noFont
cvtStringToFontStruct
Unable to load any usable ISO8859-1 font
notInConvertSelection
xtGetSelectionRequest
XtGetSelectionRequest or XtGetSelectionParameters called for widget "%s" outside of ConvertSelection proc
notRectObj
xtChangeManagedSet
child "%s", class %s is not a RectObj
notRectObj
xtManageChildren
child "%s", class %s is not a RectObj
nullWidget
xtConvertVarToArgList
XtVaTypedArg conversion needs non-NULL widget handle
r3versionMismatch
widget
Shell Widget class %s binary compiled for R3
translationError
nullTable
Can't remove accelerators from NULL table
translationError
nullTable
Tried to remove nonexistent accelerators
translationError
ambiguousActions
Overriding earlier translation manager actions.
translationError
newActions
New actions are:%s
translationError
nullTable
table to (un)merge must not be null
translationError
nullTable
Can't translate event through NULL table
translationError
oldActions
Previous entry was: %s %s
translationError
unboundActions
Actions not found: %s
translationError
xtTranslateInitialize
Initializing Translation manager twice.
translationParseError
missingComma
... possibly due to missing ',' in event sequence.
translationParseError
nonLatin1
... probably due to non-Latin1 character in quoted string
translationParseError
parseError
translation table syntax error: %s
translationParseError
parseString
Missing '"'.
translationParseError
showLine
... found while parsing '%s'
typeConversionError
noConverter
No type converter registered for '%s' to '%s' conversion.
unknownType
xtConvertVarToArgList
Unable to find type of resource for conversion
unknownType
xtGetTypedArg
Unable to find type of resource for conversion
versionMismatch
widget
Widget class %s version mismatch (recompilation needed):\\n widget %d vs. intrinsics %d.
wrongParameters
cvtIntOrPixelToXColor
Pixel to color conversion needs screen and colormap arguments
wrongParameters
cvtIntToBool
Integer to Bool conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtIntToBoolean
Integer to Boolean conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtIntToFloat
Integer to Float conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtIntToFont
Integer to Font conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtIntToPixel
Integer to Pixel conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtIntToPixmap
Integer to Pixmap conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtIntToShort
Integer to Short conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtIntToUnsignedChar
Integer to UnsignedChar conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToAcceleratorTable
String to AcceleratorTable conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToAtom
String to Atom conversion needs Display argument
wrongParameters
cvtStringToBool
String to Bool conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToBoolean
String to Boolean conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToCommandArgArray
String to CommandArgArray conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToCursor
String to cursor conversion needs display argument
wrongParameters
cvtStringToDimension
String to Dimension conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToDirectoryString
String to DirectoryString conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToDisplay
String to Display conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToFile
String to File conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToFloat
String to Float conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToFont
String to font conversion needs display argument
wrongParameters
cvtStringToFontSet
String to FontSet conversion needs display and locale arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToFontStruct
String to font conversion needs display argument
wrongParameters
cvtStringToGravity
String to Gravity conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToInitialState
String to InitialState conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToInt
String to Integer conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToPixel
String to pixel conversion needs screen and colormap arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToRestartStyle
String to RestartStyle conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToShort
String to Integer conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToTranslationTable
String to TranslationTable conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToUnsignedChar
String to Integer conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
cvtStringToVisual
String to Visual conversion needs screen and depth arguments
wrongParameters
cvtXColorToPixel
Color to Pixel conversion needs no extra arguments
wrongParameters
freeCursor
Free Cursor requires display argument
wrongParameters
freeDirectoryString
Free Directory String requires no extra arguments
wrongParameters
freeFile
Free File requires no extra arguments
wrongParameters
freeFont
Free Font needs display argument
wrongParameters
freeFontSet
FreeFontSet needs display and locale arguments
wrongParameters
freeFontStruct
Free FontStruct requires display argument
wrongParameters
freePixel
Freeing a pixel requires screen and colormap arguments