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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *   Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1995,1997                                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/***************************************************************************
+* Module m_item_use                                                        *
+* Associate application data with menu items                               *
+***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "menu.priv.h"
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: m_item_use.c,v 1.16 2004/12/25 21:33:31 tom Exp $")
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  int set_item_userptr(ITEM *item, void *userptr)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Set the pointer that is reserved in any item to store
+|                    application relevant informations.  
+|
+|   Return Values :  E_OK               - success
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+set_item_userptr(ITEM * item, void *userptr)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("set_item_userptr(%p,%p)"), item, userptr));
+  Normalize_Item(item)->userptr = userptr;
+  RETURN(E_OK);
+}
+
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|   Facility      :  libnmenu  
+|   Function      :  void *item_userptr(const ITEM *item)
+|   
+|   Description   :  Return the pointer that is reserved in any item to store
+|                    application relevant informations.
+|
+|   Return Values :  Value of the pointer. If no such pointer has been set,
+|                    NULL is returned.
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+NCURSES_EXPORT(void *)
+item_userptr(const ITEM * item)
+{
+  T((T_CALLED("item_userptr(%p)"), item));
+  returnVoidPtr(Normalize_Item(item)->userptr);
+}
+
+/* m_item_use.c */