GET_GLOBAL_SELECT

 Fetches information, to be used by VAXTPU or an application layered on
 VAXTPU, about the global selection you specify.

 Syntax

    {integer |
     string  |
     array   |
    UNSPECIFIED} := GET_GLOBAL_SELECT ({PRIMARY | SECONDARY | selection_name},
                                        selection_property)

 Parameters

    integer              The value of the specified global selection
                         property.  The global selection owner returns the
                         value to VAXTPU as an integer if the value is of
                         type integer.

    string               The value of the specified global selection
                         property.  The global selection owner returns the
                         value to VAXTPU as a string if the value is of
                         type string.

    array                An array passing information about a global
                         selection whose contents describe information that
                         is not of a data type supported by VAXTPU.  For
                         example, the array could return information about
                         a pixmap, an icon, or a span.  For more
                         information about the contents of the returned
                         array, see the documentation for DECwindows
                         VAXTPU.

    UNSPECIFIED          A data type indicating that the information
                         requested by the layered application was not
                         available.

    PRIMARY              A keyword indicating that the layered application
                         is requesting information about a property of the
                         PRIMARY global selection.

    SECONDARY            A keyword indicating that the layered application
                         is requesting information about a property of the
                         SECONDARY global selection.

    selection_name       A string identifying the global selection whose
                         property is the subject of the layered
                         application's information request.  Specify the
                         selection name as a string if the layered
                         application needs information about a selection
                         other than the PRIMARY or SECONDARY global
                         selection.

    selection_property   A string specifying the property whose value the
                         layered application wants to know.

 Example

    The following statement fetches the text in the primary global
    selection and assigns it to the variable "string_to_paste".

    string_to_paste := GET_GLOBAL_SELECT (PRIMARY, "STRING");