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xmclipboardregisterformat(3) [hpux man page]

XmClipboardRegisterFormat(library call) 								   XmClipboardRegisterFormat(library call)

NAME
XmClipboardRegisterFormat -- A clipboard function that registers a new format SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/CutPaste.h> int XmClipboardRegisterFormat (display, format_name, format_length) Display * display; char * format_name; int format_length; (void) DESCRIPTION
XmClipboardRegisterFormat registers a new format. Each format stored on the clipboard should have a length associated with it; this length must be known to the clipboard routines. Formats are known as targets in the Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (ICCCM). All of the formats specified by version 1.1 of the ICCCM conventions are preregistered. Any other format that the application wants to use must either be 8-bit data or be registered via this routine. Failure to register the length of the data results in incompatible applications across platforms having different byte-swapping orders. display Specifies a pointer to the Display structure that was returned in a previous call to XOpenDisplay or XtDisplay. format_name Specifies the string name for the new format (target). format_length Specifies the format length in bits (8, 16, or 32). RETURN
XmClipboardBadFormat The format_name must not be NULL, and the format_length must be 8, 16, or 32. XmClipboardSuccess The function was successful. XmClipboardLocked The function failed because the clipboard was locked by another application. The application can continue to call the function again with the same parameters until the lock goes away. This gives the application the opportunity to ask if the user wants to keep trying or to give up on the operation. XmClipboardFail The function failed because the specified format was already registered with a different length from that specified now. If a specified format was already registered with the same length as that specified now, XmClipboardSuccess is returned. RELATED
XmClipboardStartCopy(3). XmClipboardRegisterFormat(library call)

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XmClipboardInquireLength(library call)									    XmClipboardInquireLength(library call)

NAME
XmClipboardInquireLength -- A clipboard function that returns the length of the stored data SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/CutPaste.h> int XmClipboardInquireLength (display, window, format_name, length) Display * display; Window window; char * format_name; unsigned long * length; (void) DESCRIPTION
XmClipboardInquireLength returns the length of the data stored under a specified format name for the clipboard data item. If no data is found for the specified format, or if there is no item on the clipboard, this function returns a value of 0 (zero) in the length argument. Any format passed by name is assumed to have length passed in a call to XmClipboardCopy, even though the data has not yet been transferred to the clipboard in that format. display Specifies a pointer to the Display structure that was returned in a previous call to XOpenDisplay or XtDisplay. window Specifies the window ID of a widget that relates the application window to the clipboard. The widget's window ID can be obtained through XtWindow. The same application instance should pass the same window ID to each of the clipboard functions that it calls. format_name Specifies the name of the format for the data item. length Specifies the length of the next data item in the specified format. This argument equals 0 (zero) if no data is found for the specified format, or if there is no item on the clipboard. RETURN
XmClipboardSuccess The function was successful. XmClipboardLocked The function failed because the clipboard was locked by another application. The application can continue to call the function again with the same parameters until the lock goes away. This gives the application the opportunity to ask if the user wants to keep trying or to give up on the operation. XmClipboardNoData The function could not find data on the clipboard corresponding to the format requested. This could occur because the clipboard is empty; there is data on the clipboard, but not in the requested format; or the data in the requested format was passed by name and is no longer available. RELATED
XmClipboardCopy(3) and XmClipboardStartCopy(3). XmClipboardInquireLength(library call)
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