(RPC Manager Library)
Description: This module packs an RPC call and a set of parameters into a stream. Subroutine call only.
Returns: BuffStream
Usage: Script
Format: \RPCManager\PackRPC(Stream, ModuleName, Scope [, Parameters]);
Parameters: Stream { stream } { required } { no default }
The initial packed RPC stream. The RPC specified in this call will be appended onto the end of this stream. If Invalid, a new BuffStream will be created to hold the RPC.
ModuleName { text } { required } { no default }
The textual name of the RPC subroutine to be executed. Must be valid.
ModuleContext { text } { required } { no default }
The context in which the "ModuleName" will be executed. The "base" context for a VTS layer-based application is "\Code". For a non-VTS (pure script) application, the base context is "\System". Must be valid.
Parameters { varies } { required } { no default }
A set of up to 32 parameters to the RPC subroutine. Can be any mixture of the legal types. Supplying a parameter of an illegal type will cause it to be replaced with Invalid when the RPC subroutine is invoked.
Comments: This subroutine is a member of the RPC Manager's Library, and must therefore be prefaced by \RPCManager\, as shown in the "Format" section. If the application you are developing is a script application, the subroutine call must be prefaced by System\RPCManager\, and the System variable must be declared in AppMod.src.
The return value from this method is a BuffStream containing the original contents as specified in the Stream parameter with the new RPC appended. This can be used to build a stream of RPCs for transmission as one atomic unit.
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