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cifGetItemAliasNameByIndex

NAME cifGetItemAliasNameByIndex

PROTOTYPE

#include "ciflib.h"

char *cifGetItemAliasNameByIndex(const int dataBlockIndex, 
                                 const int categoryIndex, 
                                 const int itemKeywordIndex);
PURPOSE

cifGetItemAliasNameByIndex returns the alias name used to declare the item which is identified by its index within the target category within the target data block. The category and data block are identified by their indices.

RECEIVES

dataBlockIndex zero-based index of the target data block
categoryIndex zero-based index of the target category
itemKeywordIndex zero-based index of the item within the target category

RETURN VALUE

Returns an alias name or a NULL value for failure.

REMARKS

See also: cifGetItemAliasName



Olivera Tosic
6/17/2002