FD_Initialize

FIDAL - Financial Data Access Library

NAME
    FD_Initialize - C Function

SYNOPSIS
    #include "fidal.h"

    FD_RetCode FD_Initialize();

DESCRIPTION

This function MUST be called prior to any other function provided by the FIDAL.

On success and once FIDAL is not needed anymore, FD_Shutdown must be called. This will take care to de-allocate all FIDAL related resources.

After FD_Initialize, all other functions (except FD_Shutdown) are fully multithread safe.

For the user wishing to use the data management functionality, the initialization will be usually followed by the creation of at least one unified database with FD_UDBaseAlloc.

RETURN VALUE

FD_SUCCESS	Operation is successful
FD_BAD_PARAM	One of the parameter has an unexpected value.
FD_ALLOC_ERR	Cannot allocate memory, or memory corruption detected
FD_UNKNOWN_ERR	Operation failed for unknown reason

For other error code, or to match a number to an error description, check the FD_RetCode enumeration in "FIDAL/c/include/fd_common.h"

SEE ALSO

FD_UDBaseAlloc, FD_Shutdown

EXAMPLE

#include "ta_libc.h"

int main( void )
{
   FD_RetCode retCode;

   retCode = FD_Initialize();

   if( retCode != FD_SUCCESS )
      printf( "Cannot initialize FIDAL (%d)!\n", retCode );
   else
   {
      printf( "FIDAL correctly initialized.\n" );

      /* ... other FIDAL functions can be used here. */
   
      FD_Shutdown();
   }

   return 0;
}