NAME

XtGetSelectionValues − obtain selection data in multiple formats. 

Synopsis

void XtGetSelectionValues(w, selection, targets, count, callback,
client_data, time)

    Widget w;
    Atom selection;
    Atom *targets;
    int count;
    XtSelectionCallbackProc callback;
    XtPointer *client_data;
    Time time;

Inputs

wSpecifies the widget that is making the request.  Must be of class core or any subclass thereof. 

selectionSpecifies the particular selection desired (usually XA_PRIMARY or XA_SECONDARY). 

targetsSpecifies the types of information about the selection that are being requested. 

countSpecifies the length of the targets and client_data arrays. 

callbackSpecifies the callback procedure to be called with each selection value obtained.  Note that this is how the selection values are communicated back to the client. 

client_data
Specifies an array of client data (one for each target type) each element of which will be passed to callback when it is called for the corresponding element of targets. 

timeSpecifies the timestamp that indicates when the selection value is desired.  This should be the timestamp of the event that triggered this request; the value CurrentTime is not acceptable. 

Description

XtGetSelectionValues() is similar to XtGetSelectionValue() except that it takes an array of target types and an array of client data and requests the current value of the selection converted to each of the targets.  The callback is called once for each element of targets, and is passed the corresponding element of client_data.  The effect is as if each target were specified in a separate call to XtGetSelectionValue(), except that XtGetSelectionValues() guarantees that all the conversions will use the same selection value because the ownership of the selection cannot change in the middle of the list, as could happen when calling XtGetSelectionValue() repeatedly.  See XtGetSelectionValue() for more information. 

See Also

XtGetSelectionValue(1), XtGetSelectionValueIncremental(1), XtGetSelectionValuesIncremental(1),
XtSelectionCallbackProc(2). 

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