OSF/Motif

NAME

XmDropTransferStart − A Drag and Drop function that initiates a drop transfer

SYNOPSIS

#include <Xm/DragDrop.h>
Widget XmDropTransferStart (widget, arglist, argcount)
Widgetwidget;
ArgListarglist;
Cardinalargcount;

DESCRIPTION

XmDropTransferStart initiates a drop transfer and uses the specified argument list to initialize an XmDropTransfer object.  The DropTransfer object can be manipulated with XtSetValues and XtGetValues until the last call to the XmNtransferProc procedure is made.  After that point, the result of using the widget pointer is undefined.  The DropTransfer object is freed by the toolkit when a transfer is complete. 

refwidgetSpecifies the ID of the DragContext widget associated with the transaction

arglistSpecifies the argument list

argcountSpecifies the number of attribute/value pairs in the argument list (arglist)

For a complete definition of DropTransfer and its associated resources, see XmDropTransfer(3X). 

RETURN VALUE

Returns the ID of the DropTransfer widget. 

RELATED INFORMATION

XmDragContext(3X), XmDropTransfer(3X), and XmDropTransferAdd(3X).