OSF DCE Problem Determination Guide

0x13283089 NIDL_INVPTRCTX

Severity: Varies Component: idl

Text: Pointers to context handles are valid only in parameter declarations

Explanation: IDL does not allow pointers to context handles, except in parameter

declarations.

Action: Do not declare a pointer to a <kw>(context_handle), except as a parameter.

0x1328308a NIDL_INVPTRPIPE

Severity: Varies Component: idl

Text: Pointers to pipes are valid only in parameter declarations

Explanation: IDL does not allow a pointer to a <kw>(pipe), except in a parameter

declaration.

Action: Do not declare a pointer to a <kw>(pipe), except as a parameter.

0x13283136 NIDL_LANGATTRNS

Severity: Varies Component: idl

Text: Warning: Attribute [%1$s] not supported for target language

Explanation: IDL does not support the indicated attribute for the target language

selected.

Action: In some cases the attribute can be removed. For example, the <kw>(v1_)

attributes are only necessary if interoperation with NCS Version 1 is required.

0x1328312f NIDL_LANGCFMTSTRCT

Severity: Varies Component: idl

Text: Warning: Conformant structures not supported in target language

Explanation: An IDL conformant structure does not have a source representation in the

target language selected.

Action: The IDL conformant array will be declared as a one-element array in the

generated language header ﬁle. Your application code might be able to use the address of

this array to access other array elements, depending on the target language. Alternatives

are to write application code that uses the construct in another programming language, or

to change the IDL source to use a construct that is supported by the target language.

0x13283130 NIDL_LANGCFMTSTRNG

Severity: Varies Component: idl

Text: Warning: Conformant strings not supported in target language

Explanation: An IDL conformant string does not have a source representation in the

target language selected.

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