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11<H1>OSReceiveMessage</H1>
12<H2>C Specification</H2>
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15<PRE><CODE>#include &lt;revolution/os.h&gt;</CODE></PRE>
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17<PRE>BOOL OSReceiveMessage(
18OSMessageQueue*   mq,
19OSMessage*        msg,
20s32             flags);</PRE>
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22<H2>Arguments</H2>
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26<TD width="120" bgcolor="#ffffe8"><I><B><CODE><STRONG><EM><CODE>mq</CODE></EM></STRONG></CODE></B></I></TD>
27<TD width="520">Pointer to message queue.</TD>
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30<TD width="120" bgcolor="#ffffe8"><I><B><CODE>msg</CODE></B></I></TD>
31<TD width="520">Pointer to the message being received.</TD>
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34<TD width="120" bgcolor="#ffffe8"><I><B><CODE>flags</CODE></B></I></TD>
35<TD width="520">If <CODE>OS_MESSAGE_BLOCK</CODE> is set, the <CODE>OSReceiveMessage</CODE> function blocks empty queues. If <CODE>OS_MESSAGE_NOBLOCK</CODE> is set, the <CODE>OSJamMessage</CODE> function immediately returns whether or not the queue is empty. </TD>
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39<H2>Return Values</H2>
40<P>Returns <code>TRUE</code> if the message was retrieved without any problems. </P>
41<P>Returns <code>FALSE</code> if <code>OS_MESSAGE_NOBLOCK</code> was specified and the queue is empty.</P>
42<H2>Description</H2>
43<P>Extracts messages from the message queue. With this function, you can execute any waiting threads to send a message to the queue. The sending threads execute in order of priority.</P>
44<P>If <em><strong><code>flags</code></strong></em> is set to <code>OS_MESSAGE_BLOCK</code> and the queue is empty, the thread that called this function will be paused. The thread resumes once the message is sent to the queue. Other receiving threads with a higher priority are executed first so be aware of when messages are removed. If the message queue is empty when this thread is executed, it will pause again until another message is sent to the queue.</P>
45<P>If <em><strong><code>flags</code></strong></em> is set to <code>OS_MESSAGE_NOBLOCK</code>, the process immediately returns to the thread that was called. If the queue is not empty, <code>TRUE</code> is returned. If it is empty, <code>FALSE</code> is returned.</P>
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47<H2>See Also</H2>
48<P><a href="../list.html#Thread" target="contents">Thread Functions</a>, <a href="../list.html#ThreadSynchronization" target="contents">Thread Synchronization Functions</a>, <a href="OSInitMessageQueue.html"><code>OSInitMessageQueue</code></a>, <a href="OSJamMessage.html"><code>OSJamMessage</code></a>, <a href="OSSendMessage.html"><code>OSSendMessage</code></a></P>
49<H2>Revision History</H2>
50<P>03/01/2006 Initial version.</p>
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