Otcfgsetareaname – Apple Network Setup User Manual

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C H A P T E R 3

Network Setup Reference

Network Setup Functions

67

OTCfgSetAreaName

3

Sets the user-visible name of an area.

OSStatus OTCfgSetAreaName (CfgDatabaseRef dbRef,

CfgAreaID areaID,

ConstStr255Param areaName,

CfgAreaID* newAreaID);

dbRef

On input, a value of type

CfgDatabaseRef

(page 98) that

represents a database session previously opened by calling

OTCfgOpenDatabase

(page 58).

areaID

On input, a value of type

CfgAreaID

(page 98) that identifies the

area whose name is to be set. If the area specified by

areaID

does

not exist,

OTCfgSetAreaName

returns

kCfgErrAreaNotFound

.

areaName

On input, a value of type

ConstStr255Param

that specifies the

name to set. If an area of the name specified by

areaName

already

exists,

OTCfgSetAreaName

returns

kCfgErrAreaAlreadyExists

.

newAreaID

On input, a pointer to value of type

CfgAreaID

(page 98). On

output,

newAreaID

points to a new area ID that your application

should use for any subsequent calls for the area.

function result A value of

noErr

indicates that

OTCfgSetAreaName

returned

successfully. For a list of other possible result codes, see “Result
Codes” (page 110).

DISCUSSION

The

OTCfgSetAreaName

function changes the user-visible name of the specified

area and returns a new area ID for that area.

W AR N I N G

Do not change the name of the default area.

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