ALERT_INDICATION

This verb indication is used by management services to send alert major vectors to a registered alert handler or registered held alert handler that will process them.

VCB Structure

typedef struct ms_alert_indication
{
   unsigned short   opcode;             /* AP_AlERT_INDICATION         */
   unsigned char    reserv2;            /* reserved                    */
   unsigned char    format;             /* format                      */
   unsigned short   primary_rc;         /* Primary return code         */
   unsigned long    secondary_rc;       /* Secondary return code       */
   unsigned short   alert_length;       /* Length of alert             */
   unsigned char    reserv3[6];         /* reserved                    */
   unsigned char    *alert;             /* Alert data                  */
} MS_ALERT_INDICATION;

Supplied Parameters

opcode
AP_ALERT_INDICATION
format
Identifies the format of the VCB. Set this field to zero to specify the version of the VCB listed above.
alert_length
Length of the alert data.
alert
Pointer to the alert data. The data pointer is set to NULL, and the data is contiguous with (and begins immediately following) the VCB.