set widget resources

SYNTAX

       void XtSetValues(Widget w, ArgList args, Cardinal num_args);

       void XtVaSetValues(Widget w, ...);

       void XtSetSubvalues(XtPointer base, XtResourceList resources, Cardinal
              num_resources, ArgList args, Cardinal num_args);

       void XtVaSetSubvalues(XtPointer base, XtResourceList resources, Cardi-
              nal num_resources, ...);

       void XtGetValues(Widget w, ArgList args, Cardinal num_args);

       void XtVaGetValues(Widget w, ...);

       void XtGetSubvalues(XtPointer base, XtResourceList resources, Cardinal
              num_resources, ArgList args, Cardinal num_args);

       void XtVaGetSubvalues(XtPointer base, XtResourceList resources, Cardi-
              nal num_resources, ...);

ARGUMENTS

       and either the address into which the resource value is to be stored or
       their new values

       args      Specifies the argument list of name/address pairs that con-
                 tain the resource name.

       base      Specifies the base address of the subpart data structure
                 where the resources should be retrieved or written.

       num_args  Specifies the number of arguments in the argument list.

       resources Specifies the nonwidget resource list or values.

       num_resources
                 Specifies the number of resources in the resource list.

       w         Specifies the widget.

       ...       Specifes the variable argument list of name/address pairs
                 that contain the resource name.

DESCRIPTION

       The XtSetValues function starts with the resources specified for the
       Core widget fields and proceeds down the subclass chain to the widget.
       At each stage, it writes the new value (if specified by one of the
       arguments) or the existing value (if no new value is specified) to a
       new widget data record.  XtSetValues then calls the set_values proce-
       dures for the widget in superclass-to-subclass order.  If the widget

       XtSetValues determines if a geometry request is needed by comparing the
       current widget to the new widget.  If any geometry changes are
       required, it makes the request, and the geometry manager returns XtGe-
       ometryYes, XtGeometryAlmost, or XtGeometryNo.  If XtGeometryYes, XtSet-
       Values calls the widget's resize procedure.  If XtGeometryNo, XtSet-
       Values resets the geometry fields to their original values.  If XtGeom-
       etryAlmost, XtSetValues calls the set_values_almost procedure, which
       determines what should be done and writes new values for the geometry
       fields into the new widget.  XtSetValues then repeats this process,
       deciding once more whether the geometry manager should be called.

       Finally, if any of the set_values procedures returned True, XtSetValues
       causes the widget's expose procedure to be invoked by calling the Xlib
       XClearArea function on the widget's window.

       The XtSetSubvalues function stores resources into the structure identi-
       fied by base.

       The XtGetValues function starts with the resources specified for the
       core widget fields and proceeds down the subclass chain to the widget.
       The value field of a passed argument list should contain the address
       into which to store the corresponding resource value.  It is the
       caller's responsibility to allocate and deallocate this storage accord-
       ing to the size of the resource representation type used within the
       widget.

       If the widget's parent is a subclass of constraintWidgetClass, XtGet-
       Values then fetches the values for any constraint resources requested.
       It starts with the constraint resources specified for constraintWidget-
       Class and proceeds down to the subclass chain to the parent's con-
       straint resources.  If the argument list contains a resource name that
       is not found in any of the resource lists searched, the value at the
       corresponding address is not modified.  Finally, if the get_values_hook
       procedures are non-NULL, they are called in superclass-to-subclass
       order after all the resource values have been fetched by XtGetValues.
       This permits a subclass to provide nonwidget resource data to XtGet-
       Values.

       The XtGetSubvalues function obtains resource values from the structure
       identified by base.

SEE ALSO

       X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface
       Xlib - C Language X Interface



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