GetTreeItemAttribute
int GetTreeItemAttribute (int panelHandle, int controlID, int itemIndex, int itemAttribute, void *attributeValue);
Purpose
Obtains an attribute of a tree item.
Supported Controls
You can use GetTreeItemAttribute with tree controls.
Parameters
| Input | ||
| Name | Type | Description |
| panelHandle | int | Specifier for a particular panel that is currently in memory. You can obtain this handle from functions such as LoadPanel and NewPanel. |
| controlID | int | The defined constant, located in the .uir header file, that you assigned to the control in the User Interface Editor, or the ID returned by functions such as NewCtrl and DuplicateCtrl. |
| itemIndex | int |
Zero-based index of the tree item from which the function obtains the attribute. Pass VAL_DFLT_FOR_NEW_OBJECTS to get the default attribute for items that are created in the future. |
| itemAttribute | int | The item attribute whose value you want to obtain. In the function panel, when you click the control or press <Enter>, <Spacebar>, or <Ctrl-down arrow>, a dialog box appears containing a hierarchical list of the available attributes. Attributes whose values cannot be obtained are dimmed. Help text is shown for each attribute. To select an attribute, double-click it or select it and then press <Enter>. If the attribute shown in this ring control has named constants as valid values, you can open a list of them by moving to the Attribute Value control and pressing <Enter>. The Attribute Values dialog box displays the values and value help for the constants. |
| Output | ||
| Name | Type | Description |
| attributeValue | void * | The value of the specified item attribute. The data type for this parameter depends on the data type of the attribute you specify for the itemAttribute parameter. Pass the address of a variable of the same data type of the attribute you pass to itemAttribute. If the attribute shown in this ring control has named constants as valid values, you can open a list of them by pressing <Enter>. The Attribute Values dialog box displays the values and value help for the constants. |
Return Value
| Name | Type | Description |
| status | int | Return value indicating whether the function was successful. A negative number indicates that an error occurred. |
Additional Information
Library: User Interface Library
Include file: userint.h
LabWindows/CVI compatibility: LabWindows/CVI 7.0 and later
Examples
Refer to the following examples that use the GetTreeItemAttribute function:
- apps\uirview\uirview.cws
Open example - userint\TreeBusDigitalGraph.cws
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