DosCaseMap

Description

This feature allows mapping of a binary input character string in accordance with a code of OS/2 countries.

Syntax

DosCaseMap (Length, Country, BinaryString) 

Parameters

Length (USHORT) - input

Length of the string of binary values to be case mapped.

Country (PCOUNTRYCODE) - input/output

Address of the country information structure:

country (USHORT)

Country code identifier is a binary value of the selected country code. 0 is the default country code.

codepage (USHORT)

Code page identifier is a binary value of the selected code page. 0 is the code page of the current process.

BinaryString (PCHAR) - input/output

Address of a string of binary characters to be case mapped. They are case mapped in place so the results appear in BinaryString and the input is destroyed.

Return

rc (USHORT) - return
       

Return code descriptions are:

• NO_ERROR
• 396 ERROR_NLS_NO_COUNTRY_FILE
• 397 ERROR_NLS_OPEN_FAILED
• 398 ERROR_NO_COUNTRY_OR_CODEPAGE
• 399 ERROR_NLS_TABLE_TRUNCATED

Remarks

DosCaseMap is mainly used to map a lower case character string to an upper case character string. Unless the user replaces the country information file, DosCaseMap only does the conversion from lower case to upper case.

The case map information is taken from the country information file. See the COUNTRY statement in the IBM Operating System/2 Version 1.2 Command Reference for information on how to specify the country information file.

If countrycode is 0, the case mapping is performed using the information for the country specified in the COUNTRY statement in CONFIG.SYS.

If countrycode is not 0, the case mapping is performed using the information for that country.

If the code page identifier is 0, the case mapping is performed using the information for the current process code page. Refer to DosSetCp and the CHCP command in the IBM Operating System/2 Version 1.2 Command Reference for information on setting the process code page. If codepage is not 0, the case mapping is performed using the information for that code page.

The returned country dependent information may be for the default country and current process code page or for a specific country and code page.

C Bindings

typedef struct _COUNTRYCODE {   /* ctryc */
 
  USHORT country;               /* country code */
  USHORT codepage;              /* code page */
 
} COUNTRYCODE;

#define INCL_DOSNLS

USHORT  rc = DosCaseMap(Length, Structure, BinaryString);

USHORT           Length;        /* Length of string to case map */
PCOUNTRYCODE     Structure;     /* Input data structure */
PCHAR            BinaryString;  /* Address of binary string */

USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

Example

This example case maps a string for the default country and code page 850.

#define INCL_DOSNLS

#define CURRENT_COUNTRY 0
#define NLS_CODEPAGE 850

COUNTRYCODE Country;
CHAR        BinString[30];
USHORT      rc;

   Country.country = CURRENT_COUNTRY;         /* Country code */
   Country.codepage = NLS_CODEPAGE;           /* Code page */
   strcpy(BinString,"Howdy");                 /* String to map */
   rc = DosCaseMap(sizeof(BinString),         /* Length of string */
                   &Country,                  /* Input data structure */
                   BinString);                /* String */

MASM Binding

COUNTRYCODE struc
 
  ctryc_country   dw  ? ;country code
  ctryc_codepage  dw  ? ;code page
 
COUNTRYCODE ends

EXTRN  DosCaseMap:FAR
INCL_DOSNLS         EQU 1

PUSH   WORD    Length        ;Length of string to case map
PUSH@  OTHER   Structure     ;Input data structure
PUSH@  OTHER   BinaryString  ;Binary string
CALL   DosCaseMap

Returns WORD