How to manipulate the pointer to force a user to answer a pop up question

[Boyd Kodama]

HP-UX 10.20 with CDE on series 700

I'm writing a script that pops up a question that the user
should answered before doing anything else. For example, I am desiring the same affect HP-UX/CDE has when one logs off a workstation - the pointer is only active in the Confirmation Window, whether to Continue or Cancel the log off.

Any ideas how I could get that to work for my situation?

I call an executable (provided by another party) that takes options, one being the text of my message, to pop up the question.

Would I have to change the executable? (unfortunately, I am not privy to its source code.)

thanks,

Boyd

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

You could popup the window full size with an Xoverride Window Manager set to true.

Later,
Bill

[Boyd Kodama]

UPDATE - I found out that I can use /usr/bin/X11/xdialog instead of this other party's executable. But, I am still trying to obtain the same effect with the pointer to force the user to answer the pop up. How is that possible with xdialog?

thanks,

Boyd

[Curtis Larson_1]

Don't know if you can access this functionality. But isn't there something about the "modality" of a dialog that sets this. I think it is controlled by it's dialogStyle resource. if set to something like DIALOG_SYSTEM_MODAL the dialog is modal across all appplications running on the display. The user may not interact with any application until the dialog is dismissed.

Not exactly an answer, but it may give you something to investigate further. or someone else will be able to comment with further information

[Marc Ahrendt · Accepted solution]

/usr/local/bin/xmessage -bg black -fg red -modal -center -dialog
Title "Certification Posting" -buttons "I read the statements above:0" "Are
you certified?"

the -modal is what will get u what u r looking 4

[Boyd Kodama]

Thanks.

I ending up using `-xrm "*mwmInputMode:2"` which
works well.