Re: Long string ...

["Pete R. Jemian" <prjemian@gmail.com>]

caput myStringout.VAL$

Remember, .VAL is the default field if a field is not specified.

On 9/24/2010 9:14 PM, emmanuel_mayssat@lynceantech.com wrote:
> I just read the following:
> The IOC can now make long string fields accessible via CA
>   â Enabled by appending â$â to the field part of the PV name
>       â e.g. record.NAME$
>   â The â$â is a Field Modifier which changes the reported type of the PV
>     from DBR_STRING to an array of DBR_CHAR
>   â The â$â suffix only works on string and link fields
>
> What does that mean?
> I renamed my PV 'myStringout$':
> caput myStringout$ "011234567890123456789012345678901234567890..."
> caput myStringout$.NAME$ "..."
>
> doesn't work...
>
> Any idea?