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OPEN.MEDIA

Purpose

Used to open a media map and return a media handle for subsequent map processing.

Arguments

ArgumentInput/OutputValue
CODEInput16
Outputunchanged
BFSInputBFS List for volume
Outputunchanged
HANDLEInputnull
Outputunchanged
NAMEInputvolume qualifier
Outputunchanged
FMCInputnull
Outputunchanged
RECORDInputunassigned
Outputmedia handle
STATUSInput1
Outputreturns true if media map opened successfully

Note

This call can be trapped by an MFS only if the MFS is installed on the volume being accessed.

Called by

BASIC+ Delete_Table, Create_Table, Delete_Table, Copy_Table, Rename_Table subroutines