Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU!RWS From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Determining validity/type of unknown XIDs - how ?? Message-ID: <19880811122201.8.RWS@KILLINGTON.LCS.MIT.EDU> Date: 11 Aug 88 12:22:00 GMT References: <110@tityus.UUCP> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 22 Date: 11 Aug 88 01:17:03 GMT From: vsi1!daver!athsys!jim@AMES.ARC.NASA.GOV (Jim Becker) It is a window ID that has been created but has not yet "stablized" for X calls. I don't really understand what this means. Is there a call that will return information about a random XID to me ?? Not really. There are various requests you could use to attempt to figure out what the thing is, but you would have to handle errors, etc. By the way, those planning on using Interviews as a product base may want to reconsider their plans. It really isn't a good idea. I hope you are providing constructive technical feedback to the authors of InterViews, so they can improve and/or defend themselves.