TACL Reference Manual

Built-In Functions and Variables

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#EMSINITV Built-In Function

Use #EMSINITV to initialize a STRUCT as an event message buffer, preparing it for

use with the other #EMSxxx and #SSxxx built-in functions. This operation gives the

buffer an appropriate header and adds event information, taken from a variable level,

to the buffer.

option

is either of these:

SSID ssid

is the subsystem ID of the subsystem to which the subject token belongs. If

omitted or zero (0.0.0), it defaults to the SSID of the subsystem generating the

event.

TIMESTAMP timestamp

is the timestamp, in external representation of Julian GMT format, for the event

message. If you omit this parameter, the current time is used.

buffer-var

is the name of a writable STRUCT to be used as an EMS buffer. #EMSINITV

automatically passes the data length of the STRUCT to the EMSINIT procedure.

Any current contents of the STRUCT are lost.

ssid

is the subsystem ID of the subsystem generating the event.

event-number

is a number, specific to this subsystem, that identifies this event message.

token-id

is the token code or token map of the subject of this event message.

source-var

is the name of a variable level, of type STRUCT, from which #EMSINITV is to

obtain binary token values. The contents of the STRUCT are not altered.

#EMSINITV [ / option [ , option ] / ] buffer-var ssid

event-number token-id source-var