(Alpha and I64 only.) The Invoke $FAOL_64 System Service to Format Output routine calls the $FAOL_64 system service, returning the string in the semantics you provide. If called with other than a fixed-length string for output, the length of the resultant string is limited to 256 bytes and truncation occurs. Format LIB$SYS_FAOL_64 character-string [,resultant-length] ,resultant-string ,directive-argument-address
1 – Returns
OpenVMS usage:cond_value type: longword (unsigned) access: write only mechanism: by value
2 – Arguments
character-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor ASCII control string, consisting of the fixed text of the output string and FAO directives. The character-string argument contains the address of a descriptor pointing to this control string. resultant-length OpenVMS usage:word_unsigned type: word (unsigned) access: write only mechanism: by reference Length of the output string. The resultant-length argument contains the address of an unsigned word integer that is this length. resultant-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: write only mechanism: by descriptor Fully formatted output string returned by LIB$SYS_FAOL_64. The resultant-string argument contains the address of a descriptor pointing to this output string. directive-argument-address OpenVMS usage:address type: quadword (unsigned) access: read only mechanism: unspecified Directive arguments. The directive-argument-address arguments are contained in an array of unsigned quadword directive arguments. Depending on the directive, a directive-argument-address argument can be a value to be converted, the address of the string to be inserted, or a length or argument count. The passing mechanism for each of these arguments should be the one expected by the $FAOL_64 system service.