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- NAME
- SendText - Send a text to FarPrint main process
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- SYNOPSIS
- Success = SendText(Formatstring,arg1, arg2 , ..., argn);
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- FUNCTION
- SendText transmits a text to the FarPrint main process
- to be recorded and displayed. SendText is called like
- the standard printf() 'C' function with all its
- limitations and advantages. Since the exec function
- RawDoFmt() is employed, all %d and %x symbols have
- to be prefixed %ld and %lx. See the description of
- RawDoFmt() for a more thorougly description.
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- INPUTS
- Formatstring = Pointer to a string
- arg1 - argn = The values to be printed
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- RESULT
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- Success = FarPrint port was found and message
- successfully transmitted.
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- BUGS
- None known.
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- SEE ALSO
- printf(), RawDoFmt()
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- NAME
- RequestNumber - Get a number from FarPrint main process
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- SYNOPSIS
- Number = RequestNumber(Identifier);
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- FUNCTION
- RequestNumber() tries to obtain a numeric value from the
- FarPrint main process. This may take some time since
- FarPrint may be busy processing other inputs. If the
- FarPrint communication port cannot be found this function
- returns immediately with a return value of 0.
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- INPUTS
- Identifier = Pointer to null terminated string containing
- Name of the caller so user knows who it is
- who wants a number.
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- RESULT
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- Number = The numeric value entered by the user.
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- BUGS
- None known.
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- SEE ALSO
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- NAME
- RequestString - Get a string from FarPrint main process
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- SYNOPSIS
- String = RequestString(Identifier);
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- FUNCTION
- RequestNumber() tries to obtain an 80 character string
- from the FarPrint main process. This may take some time since
- FarPrint may be busy processing other inputs. If the
- FarPrint communication port cannot be found this function
- returns immediately with a return value of NULL.
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- INPUTS
- Identifier = Pointer to null terminated string containing
- Name of the caller so user knows who it is
- who wants a string.
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- RESULT
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- String = The string value entered by the user, or NULL
- if FarPrint port was not to be located.
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- BUGS
- Not reentrant, uses its own static character buffer.
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- SEE ALSO
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