XMCREATEFORM(3)

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🌸 XmCreateForm β€” library call, bestie edition 🌸

okay so this is XmCreateForm from the library call manual, and it's literally the glow-up moment where a Form widget gets born. you're welcome πŸ’…


✨ NAME ✨

XmCreateForm β€” the Form widget creation function πŸ¦‹


✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <Xm/Form.h>
Widget XmCreateForm(
Widget parent,
String name,
ArgList arglist,
Cardinal argcount);

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so like, XmCreateForm creates an instance of a Form widget and hands you back the associated widget ID. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's giving manifestation ✨

the args, one by one, no skipping (iykyk):

  • parent β€” specifies the parent widget ID 🫢 (who's your mama)
  • name β€” specifies the name of the created widget πŸŽ€
  • arglist β€” specifies the argument list
  • argcount β€” specifies the number of attribute/value pairs in the argument list (arglist)
for a complete definition of Form and its associated resources, pls go read XmForm(3). that's the lore. don't skip the lore. πŸ’œ

✨ RETURN ✨

returns the Form widget ID. iconic, returns something useful, we love a function that actually comes through πŸ‘‘



and that's the tea πŸ“ this whole page lives in the XmCreateForm(library call) section of the manual, and ngl there's no date stamp on it β€” so consider this your cute lil sign-off: that's the source, that's the version, go off bestie πŸ˜­πŸ’–