NAME

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

SYNOPSIS

#include <Mrm/MrmPublic.h>
Cardinal MrmRegisterClass(class_code, class_name, create_name, create_proc, class_record)

MrmTypeclass_code;
Stringclass_name;
Stringcreate_name;
Widget(*create_proc) ();
WidgetClassclass_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 in create_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.

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  Motif Release 1.2: May 1992