PA_GetUserStringKind

version 2003

PA_GetUserStringKind → PA_StringKind

The routine PA_GetUserStringKind returns the kind of string (Pascal or ANSI C) being used. It returns a result of type PA_StringKind , defined in the "PublicTypes.c" header file as :

typedef enum
{
   eSK_CString = 0,
   eSK_PString
} PA_StringKind;

By default, the API's setting is ANSI C strings. For special purposes and for generic routines, the developer will need to know what kind of strings are used to change/restore it.

(1) Generic concatenation

   void ConcatStrings (char *srce, char *toAppend)
   {
      if(PA_GetUserStringKind() == eSK_CString)
         MyConcatCStrings(srce, toAppend);
      if(PA_GetUserStringKind() == eSK_PString)
         MyConcatPStrings( (unsigned char *) srce, (unsigned char *)toAppend);
   }

(2) Generic strlen

   short my_strlen (char *s)
   {
      if(PA_GetUserStringKind() == eSK_CString)
         return (short) strlen( s );
      if(PA_GetUserStringKind() == eSK_PString)
         return (short) s[0];
   }
 

PA_UseCStrings , PA_UsePStrings .

None.