MrmRegisterClass - Man Page

#include <Mrm/MrmPublic​.h>
Cardinal MrmRegisterClass(
MrmType class_code,
const char *class_name,
const char *create_name,
Widget (*create_proc) (),
WidgetClass class_record);

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​.

This function returns one of the following status return constants:

MrmSUCCESS

The function executed successfully​.

MrmFAILURE

The function failed​.