Otcfggetentityname – Apple Network Setup User Manual

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C H A P T E R 3

Network Setup Reference

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Network Setup Functions

function result A value of

noErr

indicates that

OTCfgGetEntityLogicalName

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

DISCUSSION

The

OTCfgGetEntityLogicalName

function obtains the user-visible name of the

entity represented by

entityRef

.

Note

The

OTCfgGetEntityLogicalName

function is available in

Network Setup 1.2 and later. If
OTCfgGetEntityLogicalName is not available, you can get
the user-visible name of an entity by calling

OTCfgGetPrefs

(page 86) and specifying

kOTCfgUserVisibleNamePref

as the

preference to get.

OTCfgGetEntityName

3

Obtains the name of an entity.

void OTCfgGetEntityName (const CfgEntityRef *entityRef,

Str255 entityName);

entityRef

On input, a pointer to a value of type

CfgEntityRef

(page 99)

that identifies the entity whose name is to be obtained. To obtain
the reference for an entity, call

OTCfgGetEntitiesList

(page 74).

entityName

On input, a value of type

Str255

. On output,

entityName

contains

the name of the entity represented by

entityRef

.

function result None.

DISCUSSION

The

OTCfgGetEntityName

function obtains the name of the entity represented by

entityRef

.

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