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 Passing COMMON Variables from Basic to C by Far Reference - Q27327
 
 The following example demonstrates how to pass COMMON variables from
 compiled Basic to Microsoft C by far reference.
 
 This information applies to the Standard and Professional Editions of
 Microsoft Visual Basic version 1.0 for MS-DOS and to Microsoft C
 Compiler version 7.0.
 
 To compile this example in Visual Basic for MS-DOS, execute the
 following commands:
 
    BC BMODULE.BAS;
    CL -c -AM CMODULE.C
    LINK BMODULE.OBJ CMODULE.OBJ;
 
 Basic Program
 -------------
 
 DECLARE SUB RCommon CDECL (_
             BYVAL p1o AS INTEGER,_
             BYVAL p1s AS INTEGER)
 
 COMMON SHARED element1 AS INTEGER, element2 AS STRING * 20,_
               element3 AS SINGLE
 
 element1 = 23
 element2 = "DATE : " + DATE$ + CHR$(0)
 element3 = 309.03
 CALL RCommon(VARPTR(element1), VARSEG(element1))
 END
 
 C Routine
 ---------
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 struct common_block {   // Structure that looks like the Basic
    int a;               // common block.
    char b[20];
    float c;
 };
 
 void RCommon(struct common_block far *pointer) {
    printf("Element1 = %d\",  pointer->a);
    printf("Element2 = %Fs\", pointer->b);
    printf("Element3 = %f\",  pointer->c);
 }
 
 Output
 ------
 
 Element1 = 23
 Element2 = DATE : 02-02-1988
 Element3 = 309.029999