PA_GetDateVariable


version 2003


PA_GetDateVariable (aVariable; day; month; year)

Parameter Type Description
aVariable PA_Variable Variable to access
day short * Day of aVariable
month short * Month of aVariable
year short * Year of aVariable

Description

The routine PA_GetDateVariable fills the shorts pointed to by day , month , year with the values of the date embedded in the variable aVariable .

If aVariable is not a eVK_Date variable, the routine does nothing and leaves *day , *month and *year unchanged.

Example

Get a date variable.

   short      d = m = y = 0;
   PA_GetDateVariable(aVar, &d, &m, &y);
   if(d && m && y) // Ok, this is a valid date variable
   {
      /* . . . */
   }

See Also

No reference.

Error Handling

PA_GetLastError

keeps the last error that occurred before calling the routine.