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<RefEntryTitle>tt_spec_write</RefEntryTitle>
<ManVolNum>library call</ManVolNum>
</RefMeta>
<RefNameDiv>
<RefName><Function>tt_spec_write</Function></RefName>
<RefPurpose>write the spec and any associated properties to the ToolTalk database
</RefPurpose>
</RefNameDiv>
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<RefSynopsisDiv>
<FuncSynopsis Remap="ANSI">
<FuncSynopsisInfo>#include &lt;Tt/tt_c.h>
</FuncSynopsisInfo>
<FuncDef>Tt_status <Function>tt_spec_write</Function></FuncDef>
<ParamDef>const char *<Parameter>objid</Parameter></ParamDef>
</FuncSynopsis>
</RefSynopsisDiv>
<RefSect1>
<Title>DESCRIPTION</Title>
<Para>The
<Function>tt_spec_write</Function> function
writes the spec and any associated properties to the ToolTalk database.
The type must be set before the spec is written for the first time.
</Para>
<Para>The
<Emphasis>objid</Emphasis> argument is the identifier of the object involved in this operation.
</Para>
</RefSect1>
<RefSect1>
<Title>RETURN VALUE</Title>
<Para>Upon successful completion, the
<Function>tt_spec_write</Function> function returns the status of the operation as one of the following
<StructName Role="typedef">Tt_status</StructName> values:
</Para>
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>TT_OK</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>The operation completed successfully.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>TT_ERR_DBAVAIL</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>The ToolTalk service could not access the
ToolTalk database needed for this operation.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>TT_ERR_DBEXIST</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>The ToolTalk service could not access the
specified ToolTalk database in the expected place.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>TT_ERR_NOMP</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>The
&cdeman.ttsession; process is not running and the ToolTalk service cannot restart it.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>TT_ERR_OBJID</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>The
<Emphasis>objid</Emphasis> passed to the ToolTalk service does not reference an existing object spec.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry>
<Term>TT_ERR_OTYPE</Term>
<ListItem>
<Para>The specified object type is not the name of an installed object type.
</Para>
</ListItem>
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
</RefSect1>
<RefSect1>
<Title>APPLICATION USAGE</Title>
<Para>It is not necessary to perform a write operation after a destroy operation.
</Para>
<Para>Several changes can be batched between write calls; for example,
the application can
create an object spec, set some properties, and then write all the changes at
once with one write call.
</Para>
</RefSect1>
<RefSect1>
<Title>SEE ALSO</Title>
<Para>&cdeman.Tt.tt.c.h;, &cdeman.tt.spec.create;, &cdeman.tt.spec.type.set;.</Para>
</RefSect1>
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