OMFget_str_val

Synopsis

INTEGER FUNCTION OMFget_str_val(object_id,
      . cval,
      . maxlen)
#include <avs/omf.inc>
INTEGER object_id(OIDSIZ)
INTEGER maxlen
CHARACTER*(*) cval

Description

For a complete description of this function, see OMget_str_val .

Arguments

object_id

The id of an object, expressed as an integer.

cval

A character string specifying the object's value. This call requires that you pass a locally defined character variable and doesn't allow for memory allocation.

maxlen

The maximum number of characters to get, expressed as an integer.

Returned value

The status code (see OMget_str_val).

Examples

#include <avs/omf.inc>
      INTEGER parent_object(OIDSIZ), cval_id(OIDSIZ)
      CHARACTER*30 value
      ...
      IF (OMFfind_subobj(parent_object,
      .                       OMstr_to_name('cval'),
      .                      OM_OBJ_RD,
      .                      cval_id) .NE. 1)
      .                      PRINT*,'Error searching for cval'
C
      IF (OMFget_str_val(cval_id,value,LEN(value)) .NE. 1)
      . PRINT*,'Error getting value of object cval'

See Also

OMFset_str_val

OMFget_str_val_mode