MK_FP

raw OCR

Makes a far pointer.

Defined in header <dos.h>

Syntax

#include <dos.h>
void far * MK_FP(unsigned   seg, unsigned ofs);

Portability

DOS	UNIX	Windows	ANSI C	C++ only
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Remarks

l\/IK_FP is a macro that makes a far pointer from its component	segment

(seg) and offset (ofs) parts.

Return value

MK_FP returns a far pointer.

Example

#include <dos.h>
#include <graphics.h>
int main(void)
{
   int gd, gm, i;
   unsigned int far *screen;
   detectgraph(&gd,' &gm);
   if (gd == HERCMONO)
       screen = MK_FP(OxBOOO,  0);
   else
       screen = MK_FP(0xB800,  0);
   for (i = 0; i < 26; i++)
      screen[i] - 0x0700  + ('a' +
   return 0;

Differences from modern implementations

Nothing recorded yet.

Modern references

Microsoft C runtime (search)

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Extraction notes

heading `MK FP` read as `MK_FP`

Stable link: /3.1/dos.h/MK_FP/ · short form /3.1/MK_FP/