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MrmRegisterClass(Xm)


MrmRegisterClass -- saves the information needed for MRM to access the widget creation function for user-defined widgets

Syntax

#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 value

This function returns one of these status return constants:

MrmSUCCESS
The function executed successfully.

MrmFAILURE
The function failed.

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