Guardian Procedure Calls Reference Manual

PROCESS_ACTIVATE_ Procedure
Summary
Syntax for C Programmers
Syntax for TAL Programmers
Parameters
Returned Value
Considerations
Safeguard Considerations
OSS Considerations
Related Programming Manual
Summary
The PROCESS_ACTIVATE_ procedure returns a suspended process or process pair to the ready
state. A process is suspended by calling the PROCESS_SUSPEND_ or SUSPENDPROCESS
procedure, or by entering a TACL SUSPEND command.
Syntax for C Programmers
#include <cextdecs(PROCESS_ACTIVATE_)>
short PROCESS_ACTIVATE_ ( short *processhandle
,[ short specifier ] );
Syntax for TAL Programmers
error := PROCESS_ACTIVATE_ ( processhandle ! i
,[ specifier ] ); ! i
Parameters
processhandle
input
INT .EXT:ref:10
is a process handle that specifies the process to be activated:
• To activate a single process, specify the process handle of that process.
• To activate a process pair, specify the process handle of either the primary or backup
process.
specifier
input
INT:value
for a named process pair, indicates whether both members should be activated. Valid values
are:
Activate the specified process.0
Activate both members of current instance of named process pair if the specified process is part of a
named process pair; otherwise, activate the specified process.
1
If this parameter is omitted, 0 is used.
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