hpux man page for tt_message_context_bval

tt_message_context_bval(library call)									     tt_message_context_bval(library call)

NAME
       tt_message_context_bval -- retrieve the byte-array value and length of a message's context

SYNOPSIS
       #include <Tt/tt_c.h>
       Tt_status tt_message_context_bval(
       Tt_message m,
       const char *slotname,
       unsigned char **value,
       int *len);

DESCRIPTION
       The tt_message_context_bval function retrieves the byte-array value and length of a message's context.

       If there is no context slot associated with slotname, tt_message_context_bval returns zero in slotname and zero in len.

       The  m  argument is the opaque handle for the message involved in this operation.  The slotname argument describes the context of this mes-
       sage.  The value argument points to the location to return the value.  The len argument is the length of the value in bytes.

RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, the tt_message_context_bval function returns the status of the operation as one of the following Tt_status val-
       ues:

       TT_OK	 The operation completed successfully.

       TT_ERR_NOMP
		 The ttsession(1) process is not running and the ToolTalk service cannot restart it.

       TT_ERR_POINTER
		 The pointer passed does not point to an object of the correct type for this operation.

       TT_ERR_SLOTNAME
		 The specified slotname is syntactically invalid.

SEE ALSO
       Tt/tt_c.h - Tttt_c(5).

													     tt_message_context_bval(library call)