NAME
    ArgArrayInit -- allocate and initialize a tooltype array. (V36)

SYNOPSIS
    ttypes = ArgArrayInit(argc,argv);

    UBYTE **ArgArrayInit(LONG,UBYTE **);

FUNCTION
    This function returns a null-terminated array of strings
    suitable for sending to icon.library/FindToolType(). This array will
    be the ToolTypes array of the program's icon, if it was started from
    Workbench. It will just be 'argv' if the program was started from
    a shell.

    Pass ArgArrayInit() your startup arguments received by main().

    ArgArrayInit() requires that icon.library be open (even if the caller
    was started from a shell, so that the function FindToolType() can be
    used) and may call GetDiskObject(), so clean up is necessary when
    the strings are no longer needed. The function ArgArrayDone() does
    just that.

INPUTS
    argc - the number of arguments in argv, 0 when started from Workbench
    argv - an array of pointers to the program's arguments, or the
           Workbench startup message when started from WB.

RESULTS
    ttypes - the initialized argument array or NULL if it could not be
             allocated

EXAMPLE
    Use of these routines facilitates the use of ToolTypes or command-
    line arguments to control end-user parameters in Commodities
    applications. For example, a filter used to trap a keystroke for
    popping up a window might be created by something like this:

            char   *ttypes  = ArgArrayInit(argc, argv);
            CxObj   *filter = UserFilter(ttypes, "POPWINDOW", "alt f1");

           ... with ...

           CxObj *UserFilter(char **tt, char *action_name,
                              char *default_descr)
            {
            char *desc;

                desc = FindToolType(tt,action_name);

                return(CxFilter((ULONG)(desc? desc: default_descr)));
            }

    In this way the user can assign "alt f2" to the action by
    entering a tooltype in the program's icon of the form:

            POPWINDOW=alt f2

    or by starting the program from the CLI like so:

            myprogram "POPWINDOW=alt f2"

NOTE
    Your program must open icon.library and set up IconBase before calling
    this routine. In addition IconBase must remain valid until after
    ArgArrayDone() has been called!

SEE ALSO
    ArgArrayDone(), ArgString(), ArgInt(), icon.library/FindToolType()

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