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IBM LoadLeveler for AIX 5L: Using and Administering

Modifying windows and buttons

All of the windows and buttons that are part of the GUI have certain characteristics in common. For example, they all have a foreground and background color, as well as a size and a location. Each one of these characteristics is represented by a resource variable. For example, the foreground characteristic is represented by the resource variable foreground. In addition, every resource variable has a value associated with it. The values of the resource variable foreground are a range of colors.

Before customizing a window, you need to locate the resource variables associated with the desired window. To do this, search for the window identifier in your Xloadl file. The following table lists the windows and their respective identifiers:

Table 4. Window identifiers in the Xloadl file

Window Identifier
Account Report Data reporter
Build a Job builder
Checkpoint ckpt
Jobs job_status
Limits limits
Machines machine_status
Messages message_area
Network network
Nodes nodes
Preferences preferences
PVM pvm
Requirements requirements
Script script
Submit a Job submit

The following table lists the resource variables for all the windows and the buttons along with a description of each resource variable. Use the information in this table to modify your graphical user interface by changing the values of desired resource variables. The values of these resource variables depend upon Motif requirements.

Resource Variable Description
background The background color of the object
foreground The foreground color of the object
geometry The location of the object
height The height of the object
labelString The text associated with the object
width The width of the object


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