DecWindows: Translating a compund string to ascii string

[Randy Marchany]

I am writing a DECwindows application that uses simple text widgets. I'd
like to get the text entered in an ascii format. I found a routine 
(DWT$LATIN1_STRING) that converts an ascii string to compound string but
can't find a routine that goes the other way. My system is currently
running Ultrix 4.1 with all of the appropriate Decwindow subsets
installed. I have heard that a method is described in a VMS Decwindows
Toolkit manual but we don't have such a beast here. Thanks for any help.
I'll be glad to post a summary to the net. Thanks again.
	-Randy Marchany
	VA Tech Computing Center
	Blacksburg, VA 24061
INTERNET: marchany at vtserf.cc.vt.edu