FairCom RTG COBOL Edition User's Guide

ct_XDDOpen

Declaration

cbDLLexport pVOID ct_XDDOpen(COUNT signconv, TEXT text[CT_PATH_LEN])

This function accepts:

• signconv: the numeric format to be used; the value must be one of the value specified as sign conventions defined in ctcbxdd.h
• text: the name of XDD file to open and use

Description

This function returns a VOID pointer holding to be used on calls to other functions, NULL in case of error.

The function opens and parses the XDD file and prepares all the information required to perform the buffer checking.

Return Values

See XDDCHECK Errors for a complete listing of valid FairCom RTG XDDCHECK API error values.

See Also

• API for SQL Conversion Error Checking
• ACUCOBOL Users: Enabling XDDOPEN, XDDCHECK, and XDDCLOSE for Programmatic SQL Conversion Error Checking