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VAXTPU WRITE_GLOBAL_SELECT — VMS 5.2

 WRITE_GLOBAL_SELECT

 Sends requested information about a global selection from the VAXTPU
 layered application to the application that issued the information
 request.

 Syntax

    WRITE_GLOBAL_SELECT ({array | buffer | range | string | integer | NONE})

 Parameters

    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 pass 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.

    buffer               The buffer containing the information to be sent
                         to the requesting application as the response to
                         the global selection information request.  VAXTPU
                         sends the information in string format.

    range                The range containing the information to be sent to
                         the requesting application as the response to the
                         global selection information request.  VAXTPU
                         sends the information in string format.

    string               The string containing the information to be sent
                         to the requesting application as the response to
                         the global selection information request.  VAXTPU
                         sends the information in string format.

    integer              An integer whose value is to be sent to the
                         requesting as the response to the global selection
                         information request.  VAXTPU sends the information
                         in integer format.

    NONE                 A keyword indicating that no information about the
                         global selection is available.

 Comments

    WRITE_GLOBAL_SELECT is valid only inside a routine that responds to
    requests for information about a global selection.  Call
    WRITE_GLOBAL_SELECT no more than once during the execution of a global
    selection read routine.

 Example

    The following statement sends the contents of the range "this_range" to
    the requesting application.

    WRITE_GLOBAL_SELECT (this_range);

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