## Copyright (C) 2005 John W. Eaton
##
## This file is part of Octave.
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{h} =} __uiobject_make_handle__ (@var{object})
## Create handle for @var{object}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: jwe

function h = __uiobject_make_handle__ (s)

  __uiobject_globals__;

  if (nargin == 1)
    idx = __uiobject_alloc__ ();
    h = __uiobject_get_handle__ ();
    __uiobject_list__(idx).handle = h;
    __uiobject_list__(idx).object = s;
    __request_drawnow__ ();
  else
    print_usage ();
  endif

endfunction