VMS Help System Services, $PERSONA EXTENSION LOOKUP (Alpha Only)  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    Translates a text name of an extension (for example, VMS or NT)
    into an extension identification (EID) that can be used in other
    persona-related system services.

    Format

      SYS$PERSONA_EXTENSION_LOOKUP  extensionName ,extensionID

    C Prototype

      int sys$persona_extension_lookup  (void *extensionName,

                                        unsigned int *extensionID);

1 - Arguments

 extensionName

    OpenVMS usage:extension_name
    type:         character-coded text string
    access:       read only
    mechanism:    by descriptor-fixed-length descriptor
    Address of a character string descriptor pointing to the name of
    the extension being looked up.

 extensionID

    OpenVMS usage:extension_ID
    type:         longword (unsigned)
    access:       write only
    mechanism:    by reference
    Address of a longword into which the value of the extension
    identification (EID) returned by the service is written.