National Instruments 320682C

X Property Library Chapter 9

LabWindows/CVI Standard Libraries 9-32 © National Instruments Corporation

Return Values

The return value indicates the success or failure status of the function call. A negative value

indicates an error. The following table shows status values.

NoXErr 0 The function was successful.

InvalidParamXErr -1 NULL was passed to one or more parameters.

InvalidDisplayXErr -2 The display argument is not a valid display. This

argument must either be the predefined value

CVIXDisplay or be the value returned by

ConnectToXDisplay.

InvalidWindowXErr -3 The window argument is not a valid window.

InvalidPropertyXErr -4 The property argument is not a valid property handle.

This argument must be the value returned by

CreateXProperty.

InsuffMemXErr -19 There is insufficient memory to perform the operation.

BrokenConnectionXErr -21 The connection to the X server was broken. This occurs if

the remote server terminated.

Parameter Discussion

display must either be the predefined value CVIXDisplay or be the value returned by

ConnectToXDisplay. Use CVIXDisplay if the window is on the same display used by

LabWindows/CVI.

For the window parameter, use CVIXRootWindow to access the default root window of the

display used by LabWindows/CVI. Use CVIXHiddenWindow to access the hidden window

associated with your application.