int get_tag ( char *bos_name, int count, char *buf )

char *bos_name;     // name of a block, object or symbol

int   count;        // tag index number

char *buf;          // character buffer to receive tag name

Synopsis

#include "silver.h"

The get_tag function allows retrieval of tag names from the current drawing.

Parameters

bos_name is the name of a block, object or symbol in the current drawing. count is the index number of a tag in bos_name , from 1 to the number of tags. buf is the address of a character buffer that is to receive the tag name.

Return Value

get_tag copies the tag name into buf and returns 1 if the BOS specified by bos_name is found, and there are at least count tags attached to the BOS; otherwise, 0 is returned, and no copy is performed.

Comments

fetch_tag may be used to retrieve the information associated with a particular tag.

See Also

fetch_tag