XmTextGetString(X3mot)

XmTextGetString -- a Text function that accesses the string value

Synopsis

#include <Xm/Text.h> 
 
char * XmTextGetString (widget) 
Widget widget;

Description

XmTextGetString accesses the string value of the Text widget. The application is responsible for freeing the storage associated with the string by calling XtFree.

widget: Specifies the Text widget ID

For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(X3mot).

Return values

Returns a character pointer to the string value of the text widget. Returns an empty string if the length of the Text widget's string is 0.

References

XmText(X3mot) and XmTextGetStringWcs(X3mot).