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<![ %CDE.C.CDE; [<refentry id="CDE.INFO.DtMmdbStylesheetGetData">]]><refmeta><refentrytitle>
DtMmdbStylesheetGetData</refentrytitle><manvolnum>library call</manvolnum></refmeta><refnamediv>
<refname><function>DtMmdbStylesheetGetData</function></refname><refpurpose>obtains
the data for a stylesheet object</refpurpose></refnamediv><refsynopsisdiv>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;DtMmdb.h></funcsynopsisinfo>
<funcdef>const char* <function>DtMmdbStylesheetGetData</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>DtMmdbInfoRequest* <parameter>request</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>unsigned int* <parameter>length</parameter></paramdef>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv><refsect1>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>The <function>DtMmdbStylesheetGetData</function> function
returns the data for the stylesheet used by the specified section. Do not use the
<function>free</function> function on the returned pointer. Table lookup is
involved if the section identifier is specified by the
<symbol role="Variable">locator_ptr</symbol> field.
</para>
</refsect1><refsect1>
<title>ARGUMENTS</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term><symbol role="Variable">request</symbol></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specifies the bookcase in the bookcase descriptor field and
either the section's Database Engine identifier (in the
<symbol role="Variable">primary_oid</symbol> field) or the
section's logical identifier (in the <symbol role="Variable">locator_ptr</symbol>
field). If both of these fields have a value,
<function>DtMmdbStylesheetGetData</function> uses the
<symbol role="Variable">locator_ptr</symbol> value.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><symbol role="Variable">length</symbol></term>
<listitem>
<para>Specifies the variable to receive the length of the
returned data (in bytes), if the returned pointer to the data is not NULL.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1><refsect1>
<title>RETURN VALUE</title>
<para>If <function>DtMmdbStylesheetGetData</function> completes
successfully, it returns a pointer to a NULL-terminated data string.
If it fails, it returns a NULL pointer.
</para>
</refsect1><refsect1>
<title>EXAMPLE</title>
<para>The following shows how a <function>DtMmdbStylesheetGetData</function> call
might be coded.</para>
<informalexample>
<programlisting>DtMmdbInfoRequest request;
/* fill the request here */
request.primary_oid = DtMmdbSectionGetStyleSheetId(&amp;request);
DtMmdbStylesheetGetName(&amp;request);
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
</refsect1><refsect1>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para>TO BE SUPPLIED
</para>
</refsect1></refentry>
