Developer Reference : Platform Management : Distributed Tuning Interface (DTI) Guide : Distributed Tuning Interface Reference : PvOpenDictionary()
 
PvOpenDictionary()
Opens an existing dictionary. Given an absolute path of the dictionary or data source names, it returns a dictionary handle that will be used for any subsequent calls to any functions.
Note This function is deprecated in Zen 9 and higher versions. See PvOpenDatabase() to replace this function in your application.
Header File: ddf.h (See also Header Files)
Function First Available In Library: w3dbav75.dll (Windows), libpsqldti.so (Linux), libpsqldti.dylib (macOS) (See also Link Libraries)
Syntax
PRESULT PvOpenDictionary(
   LPTSTR          path,
   WORD*           dictHandle,
   LPSTR           user,
   LPSTR           password);
Arguments
 
In
path
Fully-qualified path to the dictionary files.
Out
dictHandle
Handle to be used in subsequent calls
In
user
User name needed to open the dictionary. This argument can be set to NULL.
In
password
Used in conjunction with user name to open the dictionary files. Can also be NULL.
Return Values
 
PCM_Success
The operation was successful.
PCM_errFailed
The operation was not successful.
PCM_errMemoryAllocation
An error occurred during memory allocation.
PCM_errDictionaryPathNotFound
The specified dictionary path is invalid.
PCM_errDictionaryAlreadyOpen
The specified dictionary files are currently open.
PCM_SessionSecurityError
Either the user name or password is invalid.
Remarks
This function should be called first when accessing DDFs via DTI.
Multiple dictionaries can be open at one time.
Use PvCloseDictionary() to free the resources.
See Also
PvStart()
PvCreateDictionary()
PvCreateDatabase()
PvCloseDictionary()
PvStop()