Use of GetResponseEx

Could someone please explain the use of GetResponseEx versus GetResponse. There is no help on the GetResposeEx command.

int GetResponseEx(char *pinstr, char *poutstr, size_t maxchars,

unsigned char EchoMode,int ack)

I assume it has much of the same functionality of GetResponse:

Parameters:

*pinstr - ptr to input string

maxchars - max length of output string

EchoMode - PMAC "echo" parameter which determines the format of the response

*poutstr - ptr to output string

Returns:

0 == OK, - == error number

What do I do with the "ack" parameter?

Any other differences --- when would you use one command versus the other?

Could someone please explain the use of GetResponseEx versus GetResponse. There is no help on the GetResposeEx command.

 

int GetResponseEx(char *pinstr, char *poutstr, size_t maxchars,

unsigned char EchoMode,int ack)

 

I assume it has much of the same functionality of GetResponse:

Parameters:

*pinstr - ptr to input string

 

maxchars - max length of output string

 

EchoMode - PMAC "echo" parameter which determines the format of the response

 

*poutstr - ptr to output string

 

Returns:

0 == OK, - == error number

 

What do I do with the "ack" parameter?

Any other differences --- when would you use one command versus the other?

 

The additional ack parameter if set to 1 returns a character 6 to indicate the end of a multiple line response. GetResponseEx will handle the following additional commands, save,$$$,$$$***,reboot, and macro station close. It will also handle symbolic names provided a project with symbols has already been loaded.