Solaris X Window System Reference Manual
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NAME

XSolarisOvlCreateWindow - creates an overlay window

SYNOPSIS

Window XSolarisOvlCreateWindow (Display * display,Window parent, int x, int y,
          unsigned int width, unsigned int height, unsigned int border_width, int depth,
          unsigned int class, Visual * visual,unsigned long valuemask, XSetWindowAt-
          tributes * attr)

Arguments

The arguments for this routine are exactly the same as XCreateWindow.
display Specifies the connection to the X server.
parent
Specifies the parent window.
x, y
Specifies the coordinates of the upper-left pixel of this window, relative to the parent window.
width, height
Specifies the width and height, in pixels, of the window.
border_width
Specifies the width, in pixels, of the window's borders.
depth
Specifies the depth of the window.
class
Specifies the class of the window. If it is not InputOutput, the window will not be an overlay window.
visual
Specifies a pointer to the visual structure for this window.
valuemask
Specifies which window attributes are defined in the attr argument.
attr
Specifies the attributes of the window.

DESCRIPTION

This routine creates an overlay window with the given characteristics. It behaves exactly as its counterpart XCreateWindow, except the newly created window can be rendered into with both opaque and transparent paint, and the background is transparent.

SEE ALSO

XCreateWindow(3)