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  BAR::Get_Member_Variable_UID

Purpose: To retrieve a unique identifier (UID) for a member variable.

long Get_Member_Variable_UID(Construct_Identifier Construct_ID, Variable_Identifier Variable_ID);


Parameters

  • Construct_Identifier Construct_ID: A construct identifier (generally name or UID).
  • Variable_Identifier Variable_ID: A variable identifier (generally name or relative child position).

Return Values

  • Nonnegative: Variable UID.
  • Negative: Error code.

Remarks

This function retrieves a member variable’s unique identifier (UID).  The function is designed to be used to look up variable UIDs of the children of data structures.

Construct_ID and Variable_ID are platform-dependent identifiers.

The function will fail if Construct_ID is not a valid identifier for a construct, or if Variable_ID is not a valid identifier for a member variable of the provided construct in the implementation file.

Compatibility

  All Platforms Win32 C++ LIB
BAR version 1.1 1.1
  All Platforms Win32
BARfly version 1.0 1.0


  See also:  [BAR type lookup functions] [BAR loading and saving functions] [BAR node navigation functions]
[BAR node information functions] [BAR data reading functions] [BAR data writing functions] [BAR miscellaneous functions]


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