SUBSYSTEM OVERVIEW
Format Processing (FMT) Subsystem
The FMT subsystem provides functions for generating formatted information. These functions are accessed through format specifiers. The following format specifiers are available.
Current Date (DOW, MMM DD, YYYY).
Current Time (HH:MM:SS).
Listing of errors with number of times issued and suppressed, and total number of status, warning, error, and fatal messages.
Elapsed processor time (HH:MM:SS).
Elapsed clock time (HH:MM:SS).
A variable of type DDF_TF is required as an argument and will be formatted as type:form.
A variable of type DDF_DTF * is required as an argument and will be formatted as ddf:type:form.
A variable of type MDA_PTR is required as an argument and will be formatted as model:index.
A variable of type MDA_PTR is required as an argument and will be formatted as a hex number.
A variable of type DDF_DTF * is required as an argument and will be formatted as ddf:type:form.
A variable of type MDA_PTR is required as an argument and will be formatted to describe the entity which was the originating entity for the MDA_PTR provided.
Before using any message with one of these format specifications, pdx_Initialize must be called.