Hi Lee, Is there a specific scenario that you are looking to use widget_info? It may just be easier to use xregeistered (http://www.exelisvis.com/docs/XREGIST...) which will tell you if there is a widget that is registered with xmanager given a certain name. Using widget_info is tricky because you need to know the widget ID of the widget in question, so you need to have that information stored somewhere.

There's no specific reason. The code I have inherited and seen online make use of it. I have also seen quite a bit of use of WIDGET_INFO with the /FIND_BY_UNAME option to obtain the correct widget id. I guess checking the validity of the widget is for when people are creating and destroying widgets frequently ?