GtDio6xStepSetName

Applies To

GX5296, GX5961, GX5964, File

Purpose

Sets a Step’s name.

Syntax

GtDio6xStepSetName (nHandle, lStep, pszName, nNameMaxLen, pnStatus)

Parameters

Name
Type
Comments
nHandle
SHORT
Session identifier:

     Board handle is used when communicating with the hardware. The Board handle session identifier is returned by calling GtDio6xInitialize or GtDio6xSetupInitialization.

     File handle is used when communicating with a file. The File handle session identifier is  returned by calling GtDio6xFileOpen.

lStep
LONG
Step Number to access 0-4095.
pszName
PSTR
Used to specify the name of a sequence step.
nNameMaxLen
SHORT
The maximum length of the pszName buffer.
pnStatus
PSHORT
Returned status: 0 on success, negative value on failure.

Comments

A sequence step can be associated with an arbitrary name. This name can be set and read from the software front panel as well. The names are saved to file when GtDio6xFileSave is called.

Example

The following example sets the name of step 4 to “My Test”, and return the step’s name:

 

SHORT nStatus;

CHAR  szName[256];

 

GtDio6xStepSetName(nHandle, 4, “My Test”, 256, &nStatus);

GtDio6xStepGetName(nHandle, 4, pszName, 256, &nStatus);

printf(“Step 4 name is: %s”, pszName);

 

See Also

GtDio6xStepGetName, GtDio6xGetErrorString