CD>  void foobar(int type, long additional_info_of_some_type);
 
 CD>  If you want to call foobar() with a CString, the cast to the LP(C)STR 
 CD>  does a type conversion and the cast to the long is to satisfy the 
 CD>  semantics of the function you want to call.
 NH> I'm not trying to be a smart-ass believe me; what I assume of that
 NH> function is that if "type" is a particular value, 
 
 "type" is somewhat misleading. "command" would be a better choice. 
 But the command chosen does then imply what the type of the 
 other parameter is expected (after type conversion in the called
 routine.)
 NH> you'll cast the long
 NH> back into a far pointer and dereferrence the pointer in order to get
 NH> at the string.  Correct?
 Bingo!
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