cwbDT_ASCIIToHex

Purpose

Translates data from ASCII (hex representation) to binary. One byte is stored in the target for each two bytes in the source.

Unicode version

cwbDT_WideToHex

Syntax

 
unsigned int CWB_ENTRY cwbDT_ASCIIToHex(
                             char         *target,
                             char         *source,
                             unsigned long length);

Parameters

char * target - output

Pointer to the target data.

char * source - input

Pointer to the source (ASCII hex) data.

unsigned long length - input

Number of bytes of source data to translate/2.

Return Codes

The following list shows common return values.

CWB_OK

Successful Completion.

CWB_INVALID_POINTER

NULL pointer was passed by caller.

other

Offset of the first untranslated character plus one.

Usage

For 'length' bytes of source data 'length'/2 bytes of target data will be stored. The caller must make sure that there is adequate space to hold the target information.