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Title:	"ASK THE WIZARDS"

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONEL

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1995
Last Modified:	Mon May 12 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1857
Total number of notes:	3728

1830.0. "Open: SOR$ routines in C?" by STAR::JKEENAN () Thu May 01 1997 11:27

Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 15:43:31 -0400
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
From: "VMS001::WWW"@vms001.das-x.dec.com (30-Apr-1997 1543)
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Subject: Ask the Wizard: '[email protected]'

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Name: Edward Saw
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Questions:

Hello, 

I am looking for SOR$ routines examples in C. There are in Fortran and Pascal in OpenVMS utility Routines Manual.

Thanks,

- E Saw

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1830.1 Use Documentation and Other Available Resources XDELTA::HOFFMAN Steve, OpenVMS Engineering Fri May 02 1997 16:49 21

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1830.1	Use Documentation and Other Available Resources	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Fri May 02 1997 16:49`	21
	The Wizard receives a large number of requests for an example of calling routine "X" in language "Y" -- far too many to answer... There are an extensive number of example calls to various system service and run-time library routines from C available. In particular, language-specific examples of passing arguments by reference, by value, by string descriptor, and by itemlist, are generally readily available. And once these four commonly-used argument-passing techiques are mastered, and once one understands the format of the calling interface documentation, one seldom finds a need for a specific code example. As a starting point, see the DEC C documentation, the OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual, the OpenVMS Calling Standard, the Guide to Modular Programming, and see the OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for pointers to the freeware CD-ROMs and other source code resources. In this particular case, DFU, a tool available on the Freeware CD-ROM, is written in C, and it calls the sor$ routines.

   The Wizard receives a large number of requests for an example of
   calling routine "X" in language "Y" -- far too many to answer...

   There are an extensive number of example calls to various system
   service and run-time library routines from C available.

   In particular, language-specific examples of passing arguments by
   reference, by value, by string descriptor, and by itemlist, are
   generally readily available.  And once these four commonly-used
   argument-passing techiques are mastered, and once one understands
   the format of the calling interface documentation, one seldom finds
   a need for a specific code example.

   As a starting point, see the DEC C documentation, the OpenVMS Programming
   Concepts Manual, the OpenVMS Calling Standard, the Guide to Modular
   Programming, and see the OpenVMS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for
   pointers to the freeware CD-ROMs and other source code resources.  In
   this particular case, DFU, a tool available on the Freeware CD-ROM, is
   written in C, and it calls the sor$ routines.