EssCheckAttributes

Returns attribute information for each specified member.

Syntax

Parameter	Data Type	Description
hCtx;	ESS_HCTX_T	Context handle
Count;	ESS_USHORT_T	Number of given dimensions and members
pMemberNameArray;	ESS_PMBRNAME_T	An array of names of given dimensions and members
ppAttributeTypeArray;	ESS_PPUSHORT_T	One of the following constant identifiers (see Table 6, C API Attributes Terminology) for the attribute type array: ESS_ATTRIBUTE_DIMENSION ESS_ATTRIBUTE_MEMBER ESS_STANDARD_DIMENSION ESS_STANDARD_MEMBER ESS_BASE_DIMENSION ESS_BASE_MEMBER ESS_ATTRIBUTED_MEMBER ESS_INVALID_MEMBER

Access

This function requires no special privileges.

Example

void  ESS_CheckAttributes()
{
   ESS_STS_T       sts=-1,sts1=-1;
   int             counter,i,j;
   ESS_PMBRNAME_T  pMbrNames=ESS_NULL;
   ESS_PUSHORT_T   pMbrAttrTypes=ESS_NULL;
   ESS_CHAR_T      buf[80]="";

   /* counter = 4; */
   printf("Please enter the number of member names that follow: ");
   gets(buf);
   counter=atoi(buf);

   if (counter)
   {
        sts1 = EssAlloc(hInst, (counter * sizeof(ESS_MBRNAME_T)),(ESS_PPVOID_T)&pMbrNames);
      if (!sts1)
      {
         memset(pMbrNames, 0, (counter * sizeof(ESS_MBRNAME_T)));

         for (i = 0; i < counter; i++)
         {
            printf("Enter member name: ");
            gets(buf);
            strcpy(pMbrNames[i],buf);
         }

         sts = EssCheckAttributes(hCtx,counter,pMbrNames,&pMbrAttrTypes);
         if (sts)
            fprintf(stderr, "sts = %ld \n",sts);
         else if (pMbrAttrTypes)
         {
            for (j = 0; j < counter; j++)
            {
               switch(pMbrAttrTypes[j])
               {
                  case ESS_STANDARD_MEMBER:
                     strcpy(buf,"ESS_STANDARD_MEMBER");
                     break;

                  case ESS_STANDARD_DIMENSION:
                     strcpy(buf,"ESS_STANDARD_DIMENSION");
                     break;

                  case ESS_BASE_MEMBER:
                     strcpy(buf,"ESS_BASE_MEMBER");
                     break;

                  case ESS_BASE_DIMENSION:
                     strcpy(buf,"ESS_BASE_DIMENSION");
                     break;

                  case ESS_ATTRIBUTE_MEMBER:
                     strcpy(buf,"ESS_ATTRIBUTE_MEMBER");
                     break;

                  case ESS_ATTRIBUTE_DIMENSION:
                     strcpy(buf,"ESS_ATTRIBUTE_DIMENSION");
                     break;

                  case ESS_ATTRIBUTED_MEMBER:
                     strcpy(buf,"ESS_ATTRIBUTED_MEMBER");
                     break;

                  default:
                     strcpy(buf,"Unknown attribute type");
               }
               printf("%s is of type %s\n",pMbrNames[j],buf);
            }
            printf("\n");
         }
      }
   }
}