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NAME

       XmDropDownGetValue — retrieve the value from the DropDown

SYNOPSIS

       #include <Xm/DropDown.h>
       XmString XmDropDownGetValue(
       Widget w);

DESCRIPTION

       The w argument specifies the XmDropDown widget ID.

       The XmDropDownGetValue function returns the string contained within the
       text widget of the DropDown widget. This string has been allocated with
       XtMalloc()  and  most be freed by the application with XtFree(). Always
       leave the specified margin between its edge and the  nearest  child.  A
       new  String  to  fillOption  resource  converter has been registered to
       convert  the  following  strings  to  fill  options:  "none",  "major",
       "minor",  "all."  This  resource can therefore be set in an application
       defaults file.

RETURN VALUE

       The XmDropDownGetValue function returns the string contained within the
       text widget of the DropDown widget.

SEE ALSO

       XmDropDown(3).

                                              XmDropDownGetValue(library call)