# To subscribers of the xforms list from Angus Leeming <angus.leeming@btopenworld.com> :
On Sunday 13 April 2003 9:10 am, Greg Hosler wrote:
> # To subscribers of the xforms list from Greg Hosler <hosler@lugs.org.sg> :
>
> Hi,
>
> I have some forms (created with fl_bgn_form() ...)
>
> Th eproblem is that I want to parent certain forms to other forms, so that,
> for example, the child form will never be obsecured by the parent form.
>
> I've searched the manual http://www.geocities.com/dan_aceja/xforms.html,
> and I'm not seeing any references in the xforms library as to how to make a
> form a child of another widget.
>
> I'm looking at XReparentWindow() as a possible way of re-parenting a form
> after the fact, but I was hoping that the create form process would accept
> a widget to be used as the parent.
>
> any way (within xforms) to parent a form ?
I guess that this isn't the answer that you are looking for, but fl_show_form
can be used to change the way the dialog behaves. Eg:
int const iconify_policy =
IconifyWithMain() ? FL_TRANSIENT : 0;
fl_show_form(form(),
FL_PLACE_MOUSE | FL_FREE_SIZE,
iconify_policy,
maximize_title.c_str());
Angus
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