Well, if this is addressed to me, what I am reinventing (for those who
haven't guessed) is the VMS SYS$GETSYI() and SYS$GETJPI() calls. You hand
the system a list of buffers, with their sizes and the "names" of the
quantities you'd like to have them filled with. When control returns,
zero or more of the buffers are filled and the returned condition code
tells you if there was a problem and, if so, what it was. The list is
terminated with a null item-code kind of like an ASCIZ string. Like so:
struct SYISTUFF
{
short item;
short size;
void *buffer;
long *length;
};
...
char foobuf[255];
unsigned long bazbuf;
struct SYISTUFF getstuff = {
{ SYI$_FOO, sizeof foobuf, foobuf, &foolen },
{ SYI$_BAZ, sizeof bazbuf, bazbuf, &bazlen },
{ 0,0,0,0 }
};
status = SYS$GETSYI(&getstuff);
-- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mwood@IUPUI.Edu Some things are not improved when made "graphical". Imagine how crude Kilmer's "Trees" would be if reduced to comic-book form.
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