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XmCvtXmStringToByteStream(3)

NAME

   XmCvtXmStringToByteStream  --- A compound string function that converts a
   compound string to a  Byte  Stream  format  "XmCvtXmStringToByteStream"
   "compound string functions" "XmCvtXmStringToByteStream"

SYNOPSIS

   #include <Xm/Xm.h>
   unsigned int XmCvtXmStringToByteStream(
   XmString string,
   unsigned char **prop_return);

DESCRIPTION

   XmCvtXmStringToByteStream  converts  a  compound  string to a string of
   bytes representing the compound string in  Byte  Stream  format.   This
   routine is typically used by the source of a data transfer operation to
   produce a Byte Stream representation for transferring a compound string
   to a destination.

   If  prop_return  is  not  NULL,  this  function  creates  a  string  of
   characters in Byte Stream format and returns it  in  prop_return.   The
   function   also  returns  the  number  of  bytes  in  prop_return.   If
   prop_return is NULL, the function  does  not  return  the  Byte  Stream
   format  string,  but  it  does calculate and return the number of bytes
   that would appear in the Byte Stream format string.

   string    Specifies a compound string to be converted  to  Byte  Stream
             format

   prop_return
             Specifies a pointer to a string in Byte Stream format that is
             created and returned by this  function.   If  prop_return  is
             NULL,  no Byte Stream format string is returned.  When a Byte
             Stream format string  is  returned,  the  function  allocates
             space  to  hold  it.   The  application  is  responsible  for
             managing this allocated space.  The application  can  recover
             the allocated space by calling XtFree.

RETURN

   Returns  the number of bytes in the Byte Stream representation (whether
   or not the Byte Stream representation is returned).

RELATED

   XmString(3) and XmCvtByteStreamToXmString(3).

                                              XmCvtXmStringToByteStream(3)



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