[comp.windows.x.motif] XmString manipulation

krupczak@secola.Columbia.NCR.COM (Bobby Krupczak) (10/30/90)

Hi!

I have a question about XmStrings that I hope someone might answer. 
If it has been asked before, sorry.

I am trying to use the fileselection widget.  When a user hits "ok", a
call is made to get the selection string.  This string is in the form
XmString.  Is there a way to convert from XmString to regular char strings
so that I might use this seloction?

Thanks

Bobby

nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) (10/31/90)

> XmString.  Is there a way to convert from XmString to regular char strings
> so that I might use this seloction?
That particular return value is singularly unuseful, since 90% of the time
you need to convert it.

char	*cptr;
XmStringGetLtoR(str, XmSTRING_DEFAULT_CHARSET, &cptr);
/* do stuff */
XtFree(cptr);