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3.2. Application General Functions
The Application General Functions initialize the BSAPI library, open and close logical connections to FM, and
perform other miscellaneous tasks.
3.2.1.
ABSInitialize
ABS_STATUS ABSInitialize(
void
)
Description
Initialize the BSAPI library. BSAPI must be initialized before you can
call any other function. It is called typically during application startup.
Return Value
ABS_STATUS
Result Code: ABS_STATUS_OK (0) means
success.
3.2.2.
ABSInitializeEx
ABS_STATUS ABSInitializeEx(
IN ABS_DWORD dwFlags
)
Description
Initialize the BSAPI library. BSAPI must be initialized before you can
call any other function. It is called typically during application startup.
Parameters
dwFlags
On Windows only flag ABS_INIT_FLAG_NT_SERVICE is supported.
On other systems, no flags are currently supported.
Return Value
ABS_STATUS
Result Code: ABS_STATUS_OK (0) means
success.
3.2.3.
ABSTerminate
ABS_STATUS ABSTerminate(
void
)
Description
Uninitialize the BSAPI library. Must not be called while any connections
to FM are still open. It is not obligatory to call this function, if the BSAPI
library should be kept initialized until the program exits, but it is
recommended practice to do so.
Return Value
ABS_STATUS
Result code. ABS_STATUS_OK (0) means
success.
