MrmRegisterClass(X3mot)
MrmRegisterClass --
saves the information needed for MRM to access the widget creation function for user-defined widgets
Synopsis
#include <Mrm/MrmPublic.h>
Cardinal MrmRegisterClass(class_code, class_name, create_name,
create_proc, class_record)
MrmType class_code;
String class_name;
String create_name;
Widget (*create_proc) ();
WidgetClass class_record;
Description
The MrmRegisterClass function allows MRM to access
user-defined widget classes.
This function registers the necessary information for
MRM to create widgets of this class.
You must call MrmRegisterClass
prior to fetching any user-defined class widget.
MrmRegisterClass
saves the information needed to access the widget creation
function and to do type conversion of argument lists by using the
information in MRM databases.
- class_code
-
This argument is ignored; it is present for compatibility with previous
releases.
- class_name
-
This argument is ignored; it is present for compatibility with previous
releases.
- create_name
-
Specifies the case-sensitive name of the low-level widget creation
function for the class.
An example from the Motif Toolkit is XmCreateLabel.
Arguments are
parent_widget,
name,
override_arglist,
and
override_argcount.
For user-defined widgets, create_name is the creation procedure
in the UIL that defines this widget.
- create_proc
-
Specifies the address of the creation function that you named
increate_name.
- class_record
-
Specifies a pointer to the class record.
Return values
This function returns one of these status return constants:
- MrmSUCCESS
-
The function executed successfully.
- MrmFAILURE
-
The function failed.
30 January 1998
© 1998 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All rights reserved.