osf1 man page for xmclipboardinquirelength

XmClipboardInquireLength(3X)											      XmClipboardInquireLength(3X)

NAME
       XmClipboardInquireLength - A clipboard function that returns the length of the stored data

SYNOPSIS
       #include <Xm/Xm.h> #include <Xm/CutPaste.h>

       int XmClipboardInquireLength (display, window, format_name, length)
	       Display * display;
	       Window window;
	       char * format_name;
	       unsigned long * length;

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 zero.

       Any format passed by name is assumed to have the length passed in a call to XmClipboardCopy, even though the data has not yet  been  trans-
       ferred  to the clipboard in that format.  Specifies a pointer to the Display structure that was returned in a previous call to XOpenDisplay
       or XtDisplay.  Specifies a widget's window ID that relates the application window to the clipboard.  The widget's window ID can be obtained
       by  using  XtWindow. The same application instance should pass the same window ID to each of the clipboard functions that it calls.  Speci-
       fies the name of the format for the data item.  Specifies the length of the next data item in the specified format.  This  argument  equals
       zero if no data is found for the specified format, or if there is no item on the clipboard.

RETURN VALUE
       The  function is successful.  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.  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.

SEE ALSO
       XmClipboardCopy(3X), XmClipboardStartCopy(3X)

														      XmClipboardInquireLength(3X)