XmDataFieldGetString(library call) XmDataFieldGetString(library call)

XmDataFieldGetString — A DataField function that accesses the string value

#include <Xm/DataF.h>
char * XmDataFieldGetString(
Widget widget);

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

Specifies the DataField widget ID

For a complete definition of DataField and its associated resources, see XmDataField(3).

Returns a character pointer to the string value of the DataField widget. This returned value is a copy of the value of the XmNvalue resource. Returns an empty string if the length of the DataField widget's string is 0 (zero).

XmDataField(3) and XmDataFieldGetStringWcs(3).