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XmClipboardRetrieve(3)	    Library Functions Manual	  XmClipboardRetrieve(3)

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  XmClipboardEn-
     dRetrieve,  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  in-
     dicates  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 XmClip-
     boardUnlock.

     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_idSpecifies the private data stored with the data item by	the  ap-
	       plication  that placed the data item on the clipboard. If the ap-
	       plication did not store private data with the data item, this ar-
	       gument 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), Xm-
     ClipboardStartRetrieve(3), and XmClipboardUnlock(3).

							  XmClipboardRetrieve(3)

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