| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
What is the private_id passed in many of the clipboard routines
and what might it realistically be used for. The description
provided in the documentation is not the most revealing.
Ron
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1896.1 | R2ME2::BENNISON | Victor L. Bennison DTN 381-2156 ZK2-3/R56 | Wed Dec 13 1989 10:53 | 9 | |
The private_id is information the application wants to store with the
data. It can be anything the application wants to store there. (This
is like the tag information in widget callbacks). The private_id is
returned from to the application when it calls CopyFromClipboard or
(indirectly in a data structure) when it calls ListPendingItems. I
really don't know to what use existing applications have put this
capability. If you can't think of anything to do with it, then you
probably don't need it.
- Vick
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| 1896.2 | Thats 100% more than I had yesterday! | EXLIB::DLUGOSZ | Open foot, Insert Mouth | Wed Dec 13 1989 15:09 | 12 |
Thanks. That will at least tell me what it is which is 100%
better than what I found in the manuals!
Unfortunately for an instructor teaching DECwindows, the ISVs in
the class expect you to have an answer to just about any question
that they can dream up (including why did they design it this way
instead of that way - I just love that one. Hey Jim, did you know
that I should be able to read your mind?). It's one of those funny
feeling that you get - you know that if you don't have an answer for
it they'll ask about it!
Ron
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