/sys$common/syshlp/helplib.hlb RTL Routines, OTS$, OTS$CVT_TB_L, Arguments  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 fixed-or-dynamic-input-string

    OpenVMS usage:char_string
    type:         character string
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by descriptor

    Input string containing the string representation of an unsigned
    binary value that OTS$CVT_TB_L converts to an unsigned integer
    value. The fixed-or-dynamic-input-string argument is the
    address of a descriptor pointing to the input string. The valid
    input characters are blanks and the digits 0 and 1. No sign is
    permitted.

 varying-output-value

    OpenVMS usage:varying_arg
    type:         unspecified
    access:       write only
    mechanism:    by reference

    Unsigned integer of specified size that OTS$CVT_TB_L creates
    when it converts the ASCII text string. The varying-output-value
    argument is the address of the integer. The value of the output-
    value-size argument determines the size in bytes of the output
    value.

 output-value-size

    OpenVMS usage:longword_signed
    type:         longword (signed)
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by value

    Arbitrary number of bytes to be occupied by the unsigned integer
    output value. The output-value-size argument contains a value
    that equals the size in bytes of the output value. If the value
    of output-value-size is zero or a negative number, OTS$CVT_TB_L
    returns an input conversion error. If you omit the output-value-
    size argument, the default is 4 (longword).

 flags-value

    OpenVMS usage:mask_longword
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by value

    User-supplied flag that OTS$CVT_TB_L uses to determine how
    to interpret blanks within the input string. The flags-value
    argument contains this user-supplied flag.

    OTS$CVT_TB_L defines the flag as follows:

    Bit  Action if Set    Action if Clear

    0    Ignore blanks.   Interpret blanks as zeros.

    If you omit the flags-value argument, OTS$CVT_TB_L defaults all
    flags to clear.