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50 <STRONG>mitem_value
</STRONG> - set and get menu item values
54 <H2>SYNOPSIS
</H2><PRE>
55 <STRONG>#include
</STRONG> <STRONG><menu.h
></STRONG>
56 int set_item_value(ITEM *item, bool value);
57 bool item_value(const ITEM *item);
61 <H2>DESCRIPTION
</H2><PRE>
62 If you turn off the menu option
<STRONG>O_ONEVALUE
</STRONG> (e.g., with
63 <STRONG>set_menu_opts
</STRONG> or
<STRONG>menu_opts_off
</STRONG>; see
<STRONG><A HREF=
"menu_opts.3x.html">menu_opts(
3x)
</A></STRONG>), the
64 menu becomes multi-valued; that is, more than one item may
65 simultaneously be selected.
67 In a multi_valued menu, you can used
<STRONG>set_item_value
</STRONG> to
68 select the given menu item (second argument
<STRONG>TRUE
</STRONG>) or dese-
69 lect it (second argument
<STRONG>FALSE
</STRONG>).
73 <H2>RETURN VALUE
</H2><PRE>
74 The function
<STRONG>set_item_value
</STRONG> returns one of the following:
76 <STRONG>E_OK
</STRONG> The routine succeeded.
78 <STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR
</STRONG>
79 System error occurred (see
<STRONG>errno
</STRONG>).
81 <STRONG>E_REQUEST_DENIED
</STRONG>
82 The menu driver could not process the request.
86 <H2>SEE ALSO
</H2><PRE>
87 <STRONG><A HREF=
"ncurses.3x.html">curses(
3x)
</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF=
"menu.3x.html">menu(
3x)
</A></STRONG>.
92 The header file
<STRONG><menu.h
></STRONG> automatically includes the header
93 file
<STRONG><curses.h
></STRONG>.
97 <H2>PORTABILITY
</H2><PRE>
98 These routines emulate the System V menu library. They
99 were not supported on Version
7 or BSD versions.
103 <H2>AUTHORS
</H2><PRE>
104 Juergen Pfeifer. Manual pages and adaptation for new
105 curses by Eric S. Raymond.
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