Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual

MBCS_EXTERNAL_TO_TANDEM_ Procedure
Summary
Syntax for C Programmers
Syntax for TAL Programmers
Parameters
Returned Value
Considerations
Summary
The MBCS_EXTERNAL_TO_TANDEM_procedure translates a text string from a specified external
format to the HP internal text format.
Syntax for C Programmers
#include <cextdecs(MBCS_EXTERNAL_TO_TANDEM_)>
short MBCS_EXTERNAL_TO_TANDEM_ ( __int32_t *source-string
,__int32_t *destination-string
,short source-length
,short maximum-length
,short intermediate
,short external-form
,short *finished-length
,[ char *shift-to-MBCS ]
,[ char *shift-to-one-byte ] );
Syntax for TAL Programmers
error-code := MBCS_EXTERNAL_TO_TANDEM_ ( source-string ! i
,destination-string ! i,o
,source-length ! i
,maximum-length ! i,o
,intermediate ! i
,external-form ! i
,finished-length ! o
,[ shift-to-MBCS ] ! i
,[ shift-to-one-byte ] ); ! i
Parameters
source-string
input, output
INT(32) .EXT:ref:1
is a pointer to a double-word integer containing the extended address of the source text string
to be translated. After translation, the address points to the byte following the last byte in the
source string that was successfully translated.
MBCS_EXTERNAL_TO_TANDEM_ Procedure 797