xmclipboardretrieve(3) [redhat man page]

XmClipboardRetrieve(library call)										 XmClipboardRetrieve(library call)

NAME

       XmClipboardRetrieve -- A clipboard function that retrieves a data item from the clipboard

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Xm/CutPaste.h>
       int XmClipboardRetrieve (display, window, format_name,
	       buffer, length, num_bytes, private_id)
	       Display * display;
	       Window  window;
	       char    * format_name;
	       XtPointer       buffer;
	       unsigned long   length;
	       unsigned long   * num_bytes;
	       long    * private_id;
       (void)

DESCRIPTION

       XmClipboardRetrieve retrieves the current data item from clipboard storage. It returns a warning if the clipboard is locked, if there is no
       data on the clipboard, or if the data needs to be truncated because the buffer length is too short.

       Between a call to XmClipboardStartRetrieve and a call to XmClipboardEndRetrieve, multiple calls to XmClipboardRetrieve with the same format
       name result in data being incrementally copied from the clipboard until the data in that format has all been copied.

       The  return  value XmClipboardTruncate from calls to XmClipboardRetrieve indicates that more data remains to be copied in the given format.
       It is recommended that any calls to the Inquire functions that the application needs to make to effect the copy from the clipboard be  made
       between	the  call  to  XmClipboardStartRetrieve and the first call to XmClipboardRetrieve. This way, the application does not need to call
       XmClipboardLock and XmClipboardUnlock.

       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 a format in which the data is stored on the clipboard.

       buffer	 Specifies  the  buffer  to  which the application wants the clipboard to copy the data.  The function allocates space to hold the
		 data returned into the buffer.  The application is responsible for managing this allocated space.  The  application  can  recover
		 this allocated space by calling XtFree.

       length	 Specifies the length of the application buffer.

       num_bytes Specifies the number of bytes of data copied into the application buffer.

       private_id
		 Specifies the private data stored with the data item by the application that placed the data item on the clipboard. If the appli-
		 cation did not store private data with the data item, this argument returns 0 (zero).

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.

       XmClipboardTruncate
		 The data returned is truncated because the user did not provide a buffer large enough to hold the data.

       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

       XmClipboardEndRetrieve(3), XmClipboardLock(3), XmClipboardStartCopy(3), XmClipboardStartRetrieve(3), and XmClipboardUnlock(3).

														 XmClipboardRetrieve(library call)