Function Fetch_String

Core/Tools/PATCHGET/CHATAPI.cpp:811–883

* Fetch_String -- Fetches a string resource. * * * * Fetches a string resource and returns a pointer to its text. * * * * INPUT: i

 *   12/25/1996 JLB : Created.                                                                 *
 *=============================================================================================*/
char const * Fetch_String(int id)
{
	static SRecord _buffers[64];
	static int _time = 0;

	/*
	**	Determine if the string ID requested is valid. If not then return an empty string pointer.
	*/
	if (id == -1 || id == TXT_NONE) return "";

	/*
	**	Adjust the 'time stamp' tracking value. This is an artificial value used merely to track
	**	the relative age of the strings requested.
	*/
	_time = _time+1;

	/*
	**	Check to see if the requested string has already been fetched into a buffer. If so, then
	**	return a pointer to that string (update the time stamp as well).
	*/
	for (int index = 0; index < ARRAY_SIZE(_buffers); index++) {
		if (_buffers[index].ID == id) {
			_buffers[index].TimeStamp = _time;
			return(_buffers[index].String);
		}
	}

	/*
	**	Find a suitable buffer to hold the string to be fetched. The buffer should either be
	**	empty or have the oldest fetched string.
	*/
	int oldest = -1;
	int oldtime = -1;
	for (int text = 0; text < ARRAY_SIZE(_buffers); text++) {
		if (oldest == -1 || oldtime > _buffers[text].TimeStamp) {
			oldest = text;
			oldtime = _buffers[text].TimeStamp;
			if (oldtime == -1 || _buffers[text].ID == -1) break;
		}
	}

	/*
	**	A suitable buffer has been found so fetch the string resource and then return a pointer
	**	to the string.
	*/
	char * stringptr = _buffers[oldest].String;
	_buffers[oldest].ID = id;
	_buffers[oldest].TimeStamp = _time;


	if (LoadString(Global_instance, id, stringptr, sizeof(_buffers[oldest].String)) == 0) {
		return "";
	}

   /******
   char resname[32];
   sprintf(resname,"#%d",id);
   HMODULE hmod=GetModuleHandle(nullptr);