The prowtc( ) function writes a character-string value to a shared CHARACTER variable.
On successful completion, prowtc( ) returns 0; otherwise, it returns a non-zero value.
Syntax
int
prowtc ( psymnam, index, pvar, unknown )
char *psymnam;
int index;
char *pvar;
int unknown;
psymnam
This input parameter points to the name of the specified shared variable. You supply the name from your OpenEdge application.
index
This input parameter specifies an index value for an array variable. If the variable is not an array, you must set the value of index to 0.
pvar
This input parameter points to a buffer containing the character string value for the specified CHARACTER variable. The character string must be null-terminated.
unknown
If this input parameter contains the value 1, the Unknown value (?) is assigned to the variable. If this input parameter contains the value 0, the input value contained in pvar is assigned to the variable.
