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- (*
- * Title: msgs.h
- * Purpose: provide support for messages resource file
- * (Use this to make your applications "internationalisable!")
- *
- *)
-
- #ifndef __msgs_h
- #define __msgs_h
-
- const msgs_TAG_MAX = 10; (*max length of a tag in characters*)
- msgs_MSG_MAX = 255; (*max length of a message*)
- msgs_VARIANT_MAX = 8; (*max no of tags for a single message*)
-
- (* ---------------------------- msgs_init ----------------------------------
- * Description: Read in the messages file, and initialise msg system
- *
- * Parameters: void
- * Returns: void.
- * Other Info: the messages file is a resource of your application and
- * should be named "messages". Each line of this file is a
- * message with the following format:
- * <tags><colon><message text><newline>
- * where <tags> is a series of alphanumeric identifiers for
- * the message, separated by '/' characters. These are
- * used to search for the message, when using msgs_lookup().
- *)
- procedure msgs_init; extern;
-
-
- (* ---------------------------- msgs_lookup --------------------------------
- * Description: Find the text message associated with a given tag.
- *
- * Parameters: char * tag_and_default -- the tag of the message, and
- * an optional default message (to
- * be used if tagged message not
- * found).
- * Returns: pointer to the message text (if all is well)
- * Other Info: If the caller just supplies a tag, he will receive a
- * pointer to its associated message (if found). A default
- * message can be given after the tag (separated by a colon)
- * Typical use would be:
- * werr(1, msgs_lookup("error1"))
- * or werr(1, msgs_lookup("error1:Not enough memory").
- *
- *)
- function msgs_lookup(tag_and_default : string) : string; extern;
-
- (* ---------------------------- msgs_readfile ------------------------------
- * Description: Read in the messages file, and initialise msg system
- *
- * Parameters: char *name -- the name of the messages file to be read.
- * Returns: void.
- * Other Info: the messages file is a resource of your application and
- * should normally be named "Messages". For non-standard
- * applications this call has been provided to enable
- * the messages file to be read from elsewhere. Each line
- * of this file is a message with the following format:
- * <tag><colon><message text><newline>
- * The tag is an alphanumeric identifier for the message,
- * which will be used to search for the message, when using
- * msgs_lookup().
- *
- *)
- procedure msgs_readfile(name : string); extern;
-
- #endif
-
- (* end msgs.h *)
-