Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual

CONVERTPROCESSNAME Procedure (Superseded by
FILENAME_RESOLVE_ Procedure)
Summary
Syntax for C Programmers
Syntax for TAL Programmers
Parameter
Considerations
Summary
NOTE: This procedure is supported for compatibility with previous software and should not be
used for new development.
The CONVERTPROCESSNAME procedure converts a process name from local to network form.
Syntax for C Programmers
This procedure does not have a C syntax, because it is superseded and should not be used for
new development. This procedure is supported only for compatibility with previous software.
Syntax for TAL Programmers
CALL CONVERTPROCESSNAME ( process-name ); ! i,o
Parameter
process-name
input, output
INT:ref:3
is the process name beginning with "$" to be converted.
On return, process-name contains the internal network form of the process name: "\" in the
first byte and the calling process' system number in the second byte, followed by the process
name.
If process-name does not begin with "$", it is left unchanged.
Considerations
CONVERTPROCESSNAME truncates any process name that is longer than four characters plus
the "$".
218 Guardian Procedure Calls (C)