XmTextSetMaxLength - Man Page

A Text function that sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of a text string entered from the keyboard

Synopsis

#include <Xm/Text​.h>
void XmTextSetMaxLength(
Widget widget,
int max_length);

Description

XmTextSetMaxLength sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of the text string in the Text widget​. The maximum allowable length prevents the user from entering a text string from the keyboard that is larger than this limit​. Strings that are entered using the XmNvalue (or XmNvalueWcs) resource, or the XmTextSetString (or XmTextSetStringWcs) function ignore this resource​.

widget

Specifies the Text widget ID

max_length

Specifies the maximum allowable length of the text string

For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see XmText(3)​.