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cifGetItemDefaultValue

NAME cifGetItemDefaultValue

PROTOTYPE

#include "ciflib.h"

char *cifGetItemDefaultValue(const char *dataBlockName, 
                             const char *categoryName,
                             const char *itemKeyword)
PURPOSE

cifGetItemDefaultValue returns a character string representing the default value of the target item. The target item is identified by the keyword name and the name of the category and data block in which it is defined.

RECEIVES

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

RETURN VALUE

Returns a character string representing the default value or a NULL value for failure.

REMARKS

See also: cifGetItemDefaultValueByIndex



Olivera Tosic
6/17/2002