NBPExtract

Find one entity's address on a list

#include <AppleTalk.h> AppleTalk Manager

OSErr NBPExtract(theBuffer,numInBuf, whichOne,abEntity , address);

Ptr theBuffer; Location of buffer

short numInBuf; Number of tuples in buffer

short whichOne; specific tuple to return

EntityName *abEntity; Receives tuple name

AddrBlock * address; Receives tuple address

returns Error Code; 0=no error

NBPExtract is part of the AppleTalk alternate interface. but can be used

with the AppleTalk preferred interface as well for extracting NBP entity names

from a lookup response buffer.

NBPExtract extracts addresses from a buffer filled by a call to

theBuffer is the buffer filled by NBPLookup.

numInBuf indicates the number of tuples in the buffer, as returned in the

nbpDataField of the ATNBPRec by NBPLookup.

whichOne specifies which one of the responses to return.

abEntity receives the name of the responding socket.

address receives the network address of the socket named in abEntitity..

Returns: an operating system Error Code. It will be one of:

noErr (0) No error

extractErr (-3104) Cannot find tuple in buffer

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