The Common Widgets (CW) classes and methods subsystem enables developers to design and build graphical user interfaces using an application programming interface (API) based on OSF/Motif. Using the Common Widgets subsystem, developers can do the following:

These capabilities are described later in this chapter. In addition, this chapter explains how the system is based on OSF/Motif, gives an overview of the Common Widgets class hierarchy, and describes the basic approach for building an application.