NAME

EMERGENCY CLOSE PHIGS − perform an emergency close of PHIGS

SYNOPSIS

C Syntax

void
pemergency_close_phigs ()

Required PHIGS Operating States

(∗, ∗, ∗, ∗)

DESCRIPTION

Purpose

EMERGENCY CLOSE PHIGS closes the PHIGS system even if the error state is ON.  The purpose of this function is to terminate PHIGS and save as much graphical information as possible, even though the application has encountered errors it can’t recover from. 

C Input Parameters

None

Execution

When EMERGENCY CLOSE PHIGS is called, the following actions are performed:

•  The open structure (if any) is closed •  Any open archive files are closed •  Any open workstations are updated and closed •  PHIGS is closed

No action is taken if PHIGS is already closed when EMERGENCY CLOSE PHIGS is called. 

ERRORS

No Error

SEE ALSO

CLOSE PHIGS (3P)

September 02, 1992