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 NAME
   dce_pgm_printf
   dce_pgm_fprintf
   dce_pgm_sprintf - Formatted DCE message output routines

 SYNOPSIS

   #include <dce/dce.h>

   int dce_pgm_printf( unsigned32 messageid, . . . );

   int dce_pgm_fprintf( FILE *stream, unsigned32 messageid, . . . );

   unsigned char *dce_pgm_sprintf( unsigned32 messageid, . . . );

 PARAMETERS

   Input

   messageid
             The message ID, defined in the message's code field in
             the sams file.

   stream    An open file pointer.

   . . .     Any format arguments for the message string.

 DESCRIPTION

   The dce_pgm_printf() routine is equivalent to dce_printf(), except
   that it prefixes the program name to the message (in the standard
   style of DCE error messages), and appends a newline to the end of the
   message.  The routine dce_printf() does neither. This allows clients
   (which do not usually use the serviceability interface) to produce
   error (or other) messages which automatically include the originating
   application's name. Note that the application should call
   dce_svc_set_progname() first to set the desired application name.
   Otherwise, the default program name will be PID#nnnn, where nnnn is
   the process ID of the application making the call.

   The dce_pgm_sprintf() routine is similarly equivalent to
   dce_sprintf(), and the dce_pgm_fprintf() routine is similarly
   equivalent to dce_fprintf().

 ERROR CODES

   See dce_msg_get.

 RELATED INFORMATION

   Functions: dce_fprintf
              dce_msg_get_msg
              dce_printf
              dce_sprintf
              dce_svc_set_progname