Function: atextern

Syntax

atextern (<file> {,<num>})

Type

string

Returns

The names of external references within a Fire entity or atable file. Multiple string values may be returned.

Parameters

• <file>
  The name of the file being queried. This should be an entity (.e) or atable (.ata) file.

• <num>
  A numeric value. A value 0 indicates that only name references to external atables are to be returned. A non-zero value indicates that name references to all external identifiers are to be returned. The default value is 0.

Notes

External references include symbology names, group names and structure definitions.

For an entity or atable file to be used within the program, external references must be resolved before use by loading the appropriate atables via the atable command.

Examples

string erefs[] = atextern(mwdb.ata,1)

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