This is part of Family API which allow to create dual-os version of program runs under OS/2 and DOS

Note: This is legacy API call. It is recommended to use 32-bit equivalent

DosSubAlloc

This call suballocates portions of a segment allocated by DosAllocSeg or DosAllocShrSeg, and initialized by DosSubSet.

Syntax

DosSubAlloc (SegSelector, BlockOffset, Size)

Parameters

SegSelector (SEL) - input : Data segment selector that allocates the memory.

BlockOffset (PUSHORT) - output : Address of the allocated block offset.

Size ( Memory block size requested in bytes. ===== Return Code ===== rc ([[USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

0 NO_ERROR

311 ERROR_DOSSUB_NOMEM

313 ERROR_DOSSUB_BADSIZE

Remarks

Before a segment allocated by DosAllocSeg or DosAllocShrSeg can be suballocated, it must first be initialized for suballocation by a call to DosSubSet.

Allocation size must be a multiple of four bytes. Otherwise, it is rounded up to a multiple of four bytes. The maximum value for the size parameter is the size that was set with DosSubSet minus 8. Note that no paragraph (16-byte) alignment is required; all requests are serviced on a byte alignment basis.

A suballocated block of memory in a suballocated segment is freed by a call to DosSubFree.

Example Code

C Binding

#define INCL_DOSMEMMGR USHORT rc = DosSubAlloc(SegSelector, BlockOffset, Size); SEL SegSelector; /* Segment selector */ PUSHORT BlockOffset; /* Block Offset (returned) */ USHORT Size; /* Size of requested block */ USHORT rc; /* return code */

MASM Binding

EXTRN DosSubAlloc:FAR INCL_DOSMEMMGR EQU 1 PUSH WORD SegSelector ;Segment selector PUSH@ WORD BlockOffset ;Block Offset (returned) PUSH WORD Size ;Size of requested block CALL DosSubAlloc

Returns WORD

Note

Text based on http://www.edm2.com/index.php/DosSubAlloc

Family API
DOS	Process Manager	DosBeep DosExit DosSleep DosExecPgm
File Manager	DosChDir DosChgFilePtr DosClose DosDelete DosDupHandle DosMkDir DosMove DosQCurDir DosQCurDisk DosSetFileMode DosOpen DosQFileInfo DosRead DosQFileMode DosQFSInfo DosQVerify DosRmDir DosSelectDisk DosFindClose DosFindFirst DosFindNext DosSetFileInfo DosSetVerify DosWrite DosFileLocks DosSetFHandState DosNewSize DosBufReset DosQFHandState DosSetFSinfo DosShutdown
Memory Manager	DosFreeSeg DosSubAlloc DosSubFree DosSubSet DosAllocHuge DosAllocSeg DosReallocHuge DosReallocSeg DosGetHugeShift DosCreateCSAlias
NLS	DosCaseMap DosGetCtryInfo DosGetDBCSEv DosSetCtryCode DosGetCollate DosGetMessage DosInsMessage DosPutMessage
Date and Time	DosSetDateTime DosGetDateTime
Devices	DosDevConfig DosDevIOCtl DosDevIOCtl2
Signals	DosHoldSignal DosSetSigHandler
Misc	BadDynLink DosGetEnv DosGetMachineMode DosGetVersion DosError DosErrClass DosSetVec
KBD	KbdCharIn KbdFlushBuffer KbdGetStatus KbdSetStatus KbdStringIn KbdPeek
VIO	VioGetBuf VioGetConfig VioGetCurPos VioGetCurType VioGetPhysBuf VioReadCellStr VioReadCharStr VioScrollUp VioScrollDn VioScrollLf VioScrollRt VioScrUnLock VioSetCurPos VioSetCurType VioSetMode VioGetMode VioShowBuf VioWrtCellStr VioWrtCharStr VioWrtCharStrAtt VioWrtNAttr VioWrtNCell VioWrtNChar VioWrtTTY VioScrLock VioPopUp
Tools	BIND
Modules	DOSCALLS.DLL VIOCALLS.DLL KBDCALLS.DLL MSG.DLL
Libraries	API.LIB OS2386.LIB FAPI.LIB DOSCALLS.LIB SUBCALLS.LIB