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SDGetEntTypeList
Retrieves all entity types defined in the dictionary structure.
Syntax
SDGetEntTypeList (Dcb,RetrievalID,EntityType,Status)
Parameters
Dcb Required input; type = DcbType
This parameter passes information about the
dictionary to this intrinsic. It is
initialized by the SDOpen intrinsic.
RetrievalID Required input; Output; type = RetrievalIDType
This parameter is used internally to pass
information between multiple calls of this
intrinsic, to retrieve all of the entity types
in the dictionary.
To find the first entity type, initialize the
first four bytes of this parameter to a binary
zero. To find additional entity types, call
this intrinsic once for each entity type to be
returned.
EntityType Output; type = NameType
This parameter returns the name of an entity
type for each successful call of this
intrinsic.
Status Output; type = StatusType
This parameter contains information indicating
the success or failure of the intrinsic call.
This information is detailed in Table Table
3-1, located in Chapter 3 of this manual.
If this intrinsic is successful, the Status
parameter contains the following information,
in addition to the description contained in
Table Table 3-1.
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| Bytes | Contain |
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| 17 - 20 | Internal entity type number |
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Discussion
The following restrictions apply when using this intrinsic:
1. Open mode--The dictionary can be opened in any mode.
2. Security--This intrinsic will succeed with any current scope.