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DXmCreateScrolledCSText(3X)											       DXmCreateScrolledCSText(3X)

NAME

       DXmCreateScrolledCSText - Creates a compound string text widget with scroll bars.

SYNOPSIS

       Widget DXmCreateScrolledCSText(
	       Widget parent,
	       char *name,
	       Args *args,
	       Cardinal num_args );

PARAMETERS

       The  identifier	(widget ID) of the parent widget.  The name of the created widget.  The application override argument list.  The number of
       arguments in the application override argument list.

DESCRIPTION

       The DXmCreateScrolledCSText routine creates a compound string text widget with scroll bars.   The  routine  uses  the  same  arguments  and
       resources  as the DXmCreateCSText routine to create a compound string text widget but uses the following resources to create horizontal and
       vertical scroll bars for the widget as well:

       -------------------------------------------------------------------
       Resource 	     Description
       -------------------------------------------------------------------
       XmNscrollHorizontal   Controls whether a scroll	bar  that  allows
			     the user to scroll through text horizontally
			     is added to the compound string text window.
       XmNscrollTopSide      Controls whether the horizontal  scroll  bar
			     is  positioned  at  the  top of the compound
			     string text window.
       XmNscrollVertical     Controls whether a scroll	bar  that  allows
			     the  user	to scroll through text vertically
			     is added to the compound string text window.
       XmNscrollLeftSide     Controls whether the vertical scroll bar  is
			     placed  on  the  left  side  of the compound
			     string text window.
       -------------------------------------------------------------------

   Inherited Resources
       The DXmCreateScrolledCSText routine inherits behaviour and resources from the following superclasses:

       Core Resource Set XmPrimitive Resource Set DXmScrolledCSText Resource Set

RETURN VALUES

       The identifier (widget ID) of the created compound string text widget.

SEE ALSO

       DXmCreateCSText(3X)

														       DXmCreateScrolledCSText(3X)