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cifGetItemAliasName

NAME cifGetItemAliasName

PROTOTYPE

#include "ciflib.h"

char *cifGetItemAliasName(const char *dataBlockName, 
                          const char *categoryName, 
                          const char *itemKeyword);
PURPOSE

cifGetItemAliasName returns the alias name used to declare the item which is identified by its keyword name within the target category and within the target data block.

RECEIVES

dataBlockName name of the target data block
categoryName name of the target category
itemKeyword name of the target keyword in the the target category

RETURN VALUE

Returns an alias name or a NULL value for failure.

REMARKS

See also: cifGetItemAliasNameByIndex



Olivera Tosic
6/17/2002