GET_DEFAULT

     Returns the value of an X resource from the X resources database.

     Syntax

     string3 := GET_DEFAULT (string1, string2)

  Parameters

     string1              The name of the resource whose value you want
                          GET_DEFAULT to fetch.

     string2              The class of the resource.

     string3              The string equivalent of the resource value.  Note
                          that the application must convert the string to
                          the data type appropriate to the resource, if such
                          conversion is necessary.

  Example

     If you want to create an extension of EVE that enables use of an X
     defaults file to choose a keypad setting, you can use a GET_DEFAULT
     statement in a module_init procedure.  For more information about
     extending EVE using a module_init procedure and the EVE$BUILD tool, see
     the DEC Text Processing Utility Manual.

     The following code fragment shows the portion of a module_init
     procedure directing DECTPU to fetch the value of a resource from the X
     resources database.

     PROCEDURE application_module_init

     LOCAL
         keypad_name;

         :
         :
         :

     keypad_name := GET_DEFAULT ("user.keypad", "User.Keypad");
     EDIT (keypad_name, UPPER); ! Convert the returned string to uppercase.
     IF keypad_name <> '0'
     THEN
        CASE keypad_name
           "EDT"      :  eve_set_keypad_edt ();
           "NOEDT"    :  eve_set_keypad_noedt ();
           "WPS"      :  eve_set_keypad_wps ();
           "NOWPS"    :  eve_set_keypad_nowps ();
           "NUMERIC"  :  eve_set_keypad_numeric ();
           "VT100"    :  eve_set_keypad_vt100 ();
           [INRANGE, OUTRANGE]  :  eve_set_keypad_numeric;
        ENDCASE;
     ENDIF;

         :
         :
         :

     ENDPROCEDURE;