This subroutine sends a request to Point Management for information about the point data type.

Syntax

int PTMAP_get_point_info (point_adr, data_type,

                          data_length, elements,

                          data_size, display_format,

                          retstat)

PTMAP_ADDR      *point_adr;

PTM_DATA_TYPE   *data_type;

PTM_DATA_LENGTH *data_length;

PTM_ELEMENTS    *elements;

COR_I4          *data_size;

CHAR            *display_format

COR_STATUS      *retstat;

Input Arguments:

point_adr

Pointer to the point.

Output Arguments

data_type	Point data type.
data_length	The length of the data type.
Elements	Number of elements in point.
data_size	Total data size.
display_format	The configured display format from POINT.DAT.
Retstat	Pointer to status structure. The following errors may be returned (see Appendix A for an explanation of this code):
	PTMAP_ADR_PTR_NULL
	PTMAP_PT_ADR_NULL
	PTMAP_PT_ADR_NOTF
	PTMAP_SEQ_NUM_MISMATCH

Return Value

The contents of retstat.status.

More information

Point Management API subroutines.

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