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 NAME
   dce_msg_get - Retrieves text of specified DCE message

 SYNOPSIS

   #include <dce/dce_msg.h>

   unsigned char *dce_msg_get( unsigned32 message );

 PARAMETERS

   Input

   message
          ID of message to be retrieved.

 DESCRIPTION

   The dce_msg_get() routine is a convenience'' form of the
   dce_msg_get_msg() routine. Like dce_msg_get_msg(), dce_msg_get()
   retrieves the text for a specified message (which is a 32-bit DCE
   message ID as described in dce_msg_intro). However, dce_msg_get()
   does not return a status code; it either returns the specified
   message successfully or fails (aborts the program) with an
   assertion error if the message could not be found or memory could
   not be allocated.

   The routine implicitly determines the correct message catalog in
   which to access the specified message, and opens it; the caller
   only has to call this routine.

   The routine first searches the appropriate message catalog for the
   message, and then (if it cannot find the catalog) searches the in-
   memory message table, if it exists.

   The message, if found, is returned in allocated space to which the
   routine returns a pointer. The pointed-to space must be freed by the
   caller using free.

 ERROR CODES

   msg_s_bad_id
             Invalid message ID
             A message ID with an invalid technology or component was
             specified.

   msg_s_no_cat_open
             Could not open the message catalog for the specified
             message ID.

   msg_s_no_cat_perm
             Local file permissions prevented the program from opening
             the message catalog for the specified message ID.

   msg_s_no_catalog
             The message catalog for the specified message ID does not
             exist.

   msg_s_no_default
             Could not find the default message for the specified status
             code in the internal tables.

   msg_s_no_memory
             Could not allocate memory for message table, string copy,
             or other internal requirement.

   msg_s_not_found
             Could not find the text for the specified status code in
             either the in-core message tables or the message catalogs.

   msg_s_ok_text
             The operation was performed successfully.

 RELATED INFORMATION

   Functions: dce_msg_define_msg_table
              dce_msg_get_msg
              dce_msg_get_default_msg