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ScriptOrder

The ScriptOrder function determines the order in which strings in two different scripts should be sorted.

FUNCTION ScriptOrder (script1, script2: ScriptCode): Integer;

script1

The script code of the first script.

script2

The script code of the second script.

DESCRIPTION

ScriptOrder takes a pair of script codes and determines in which order strings from the first script system should be sorted relative to strings from the second script system. It returns a value that indicates the sorting order: -1 if strings in the first script should be sorted before strings in the second script are sorted, 1 if strings in the first script should be sorted after strings in the second script are sorted, or 0 if the sorting order does not matter (that is, if the scripts are the same).

The script code values are listed in the chapter "Script Manager" in this book.

Note

Text of the system script is always first in a sorted list, regardless of the result returned by this function.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

ScriptOrder may move memory; your application should not call this function at interrupt time.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION

The trap macro and routine selector for the ScriptOrder function are

Trap macro	Selector
_Pack6	$001E