niFgen_GetCalUserDefinedInfo

NI-FGEN C Function

niFgen_GetCalUserDefinedInfo

ViStatus niFgen_GetCalUserDefinedInfo (ViSession vi, ViString info);

Purpose

Retrieves user-defined information from the onboard EEPROM. Call the niFgen_GetCalUserDefinedInfoMaxSize function to determine the number of characters that can be retrieved. The buffer you provide should be the size of the maximum number of characters stored plus one termination character.

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
vi ViSession Identifies your instrument session. vi is obtained from the niFgen_init or the niFgen_InitExtCal function and identifies a particular instrument session.
info ViString Specifies a string into which the user information is copied. This parameter must point to a character buffer large enough to hold the information string.

Return Value

Name Type Description
Status ViStatus Returns the status code of this operation. The status code either indicates success or describes an error or warning condition. You can examine the status code from each call to an NI-FGEN function to determine if an error occurred. To obtain a text description of the status code, call the niFgen_error_message function. To obtain additional information about the error condition, call the niFgen_GetError function. To clear the error information from NI-FGEN, call the niFgen_ClearError function.

The general meaning of the status code is as follows:

Value Meaning
0 Success
Positive Values Warnings
Negative Values Errors