Developing and Debuggging Applications for the Solaris CDE Desktop

Solaris CDE shared libraries are built with the latest Solaris loader technology to optimize their interfaces and performance. This technology conflicts with debuggers that were released prior to SPARCworks version 3.0.1. Therefore, use SPARCworks version 3.0.1 or later when developing and debugging applications in CDE.

Developing Solaris Motif Applications

If you are familiar with Motif and want to develop a Solaris Motif application for the Solaris CDE desktop, refer to the CDE documentation.

If you are an OPEN LOOK developer and want to develop a Solaris Motif application for the Solaris CDE desktop, read this book and refer to the CDE documentation.

In either case, see Appendix C, Recommended Reading for a list of the CDE documentation as well as other books to help you with Motif programming.

Solaris CDE Naming Conventions

Solaris CDE uses the prefixes DT and SDT in uppercase and lowercase combinations, in names for desktop clients, desktop libraries, and so on. Do not use these prefixes in any Solaris CDE desktop application you write.