Arguments

 

source-item

   OpenVMS usage:unspecified
   type:         unspecified
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by descriptor

   Source item to be converted by LIB$CVT_DX_DX. The source-item
   argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the source
   item to be converted. The type of the item to be converted is
   contained in the descriptor.
 

destination-item

   OpenVMS usage:unspecified
   type:         unspecified
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by descriptor

   Destination of the conversion. The destination-item argument is
   the address of a descriptor pointing to the destination item.
   The destination descriptor specifies the data type to which the
   source item is converted.
 

word-integer-dest-length

   OpenVMS usage:word_unsigned
   type:         word (unsigned)
   access:       write only
   mechanism:    by reference

   Length in bytes of the destination item (when that item is a
   string) that has been converted by LIB$CVT_DX_DX, not including
   any space filling. The word-integer-dest-length argument contains
   the address of an unsigned word containing this length.

   If the destination string is truncated, the returned length
   reflects the truncation. This word can be used by the calling
   program to determine if truncation has occurred or to extract
   the exact length of the string when the string contains space
   filling.