FMLI Commands                                        getitems(1F)



NAME
     getitems - returns a list of currently marked menu items

SYNOPSIS
     getitems [delimiterstring]


DESCRIPTION
     The getitems  function  returns  the  value  of  lininfo  if
     defined,  else  it returns the value of the name descriptor,
     for all currently marked menu items. Each value in the  list
     is  delimited  by  delimiterstring.  The  default  value of
     delimiterstring is newline.

EXAMPLES
     Example 1 A sample output of getitems command.


     The done descriptor in the following  menu  definition  file
     executes  getitems  when  the user presses  ENTER (note that
     the menu is multiselect):


       Menu="Example"
       multiselect=TRUE
       done=`getitems ":"  message`
       name="Item 1"
       action=`message "You selected item 1"`
       name="Item 2"
       lininfo="This is item 2"
       action=`message "You selected item 2"`
       name="Item 3"
       action=`message "You selected item 3"`




     If a user marked all three  items  in  this  menu,  pressing
     ENTER  would  cause  the following string to be displayed on
     the message line:


       Item 1:This is item 2:Item 3



NOTES
     Because lininfo is defined for the  second  menu  item,  its
     value is displayed instead of the value of the name descrip-
     tor.





SunOS 5.11           Last change: 5 Jul 1990                    1






FMLI Commands                                        getitems(1F)



ATRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     
           ATRIBUTE TYPE               ATRIBUTE VALUE       
    
     Availability                 SUNWcsu                     
    


SEE ALSO
     attributes(5)








































SunOS 5.11           Last change: 5 Jul 1990                    2