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.TH XmTextSetMaxLength 3X "" "" "" ""
.ds )H Hewlett-Packard Company
.ds ]W Motif Release 1.2: May 1992
.SH NAME
\fIXmTextSetMaxLength\fP \- A Text function that sets the value of the current maximum allowable length of a text string entered from the keyboard
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&#include <Xm/Text.h>
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void XmTextSetMaxLength (\fBwidget, max_length\fI)
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	Widget	\fBwidget\fI;
	int	\fBmax_length\fI;
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fIXmTextSetMaxLength\fP sets the value of the current maximum allowable
length of the text string in the Text widget.  The maximum allowable length
prevents the user from entering a text string from the keyboard
that is larger than this limit.  
Strings that are entered using the \fIXmNvalue\fP (or \fIXmNvalueWcs\fP)
resource, or the \fIXmTextSetString\fP (or \fIXmTextSetStringWcs\fP)
function ignore this resource.
.IP "\fBwidget\fP"
Specifies the Text widget ID
.IP "\fBmax_length\fP"
Specifies the maximum allowable length of the text string
.PP 
For a complete definition of Text and its associated resources, see
\fIXmText(3X)\fP.
.SH RELATED INFORMATION
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\fIXmText(3X)\fP,
\fIXmTextSetString(3X)\fP, and
\fIXmTextSetStringWcs(3X)\fP.
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