man pages section 3: Curses Library Functions

menu_userptr(3CURSES)

Name

menu_userptr, set_menu_userptr - associate application data with menus

Synopsis

cc [ flag... ] file... –lmenu –lcurses [ library... ]
#include <menu.h>

char *menu_userptr(MENU *menu);

int set_menu_userptr(MENU *menu, char *userptr);

Description

Every menu has an associated user pointer that can be used to store relevant information. set_menu_userptr() sets the user pointer of menu. menu_userptr() returns the user pointer of menu.

Return Values

menu_userptr() returns NULL on error.

set_menu_userptr() returns one of the following:

E_OK

The routine returned successfully.

E_SYSTEM_ERROR

System error.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

curses(3CURSES), menus(3CURSES), attributes(5)

Notes

The header <menu.h> automatically includes the headers <eti.h> and <curses.h>.