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<RefEntryTitle>DtActionLabel</RefEntryTitle>
<ManVolNum>library call</ManVolNum>
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<RefName><Function>DtActionLabel</Function></RefName>
<RefPurpose>get the localizable label string for an action
</RefPurpose>
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<FuncSynopsis Remap="ANSI">
<FuncSynopsisInfo>#include &lt;Dt/Action.h>
</FuncSynopsisInfo>
<FuncDef>char <Function>*DtActionLabel</Function></FuncDef>
<ParamDef>char *<Parameter>actionName</Parameter></ParamDef>
</FuncSynopsis>
</RefSynopsisDiv>
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<Title>DESCRIPTION</Title>
<Para>The
<Function>DtActionLabel</Function> function provides access to the localizable label string associated with an
action named
<Emphasis>actionName</Emphasis>. The
<Emphasis>actionName</Emphasis> argument is the name of the action.
The localizable label string is the string that all components
should display to identify the action.
If the action definition does not specify a label string,
the action name itself is returned.
</Para>
<Para>The label string associated with an action is localizable, but the
action name is not.
</Para>
<Para>If there are multiple
<Emphasis>actionName</Emphasis> actions, the label string returned
is the label associated with the most general action.
The most general action is the one with the lowest precedence,
as described in
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<RefSect1>
<Title>RETURN VALUE</Title>
<Para>Upon successful completion, the
<Function>DtActionLabel</Function> function returns a newly allocated
copy of the localizable
label string associated with the action if an action named
<Emphasis>actionName</Emphasis> is found;
otherwise, it returns
<SystemItem Class="Constant">NULL</SystemItem>. It is up to the caller to free the memory associated with
this new copy of the label.
The default value for an action label is the action name itself.
</Para>
</RefSect1>
<RefSect1>
<Title>APPLICATION USAGE</Title>
<Para>All applications displaying action names should use
the action label to identify an action.
</Para>
</RefSect1>
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<Title>SEE ALSO</Title>
<Para>&cdeman.Dt.Action.h;, <![ %CDE.C.CDE; [&cdeman.dtactionfile;, &cdeman.dtdtfile;. ]]><![ %CDE.C.XO; [<XRef Linkend="XCDI.ACTI.anch.3" Role="2">, <XRef Linkend="XCDI.M4DTS.anch.1" Role="3">. ]]></Para>
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