Supported Data Types

The following data types are supported:

Type  = 2 A default named block.
Data in this block will be part of each newly-created mark.
Data consists of the following named block structure:
8 bytes  =  name of named block
4 bytes  =  size (n) of named block
4 bytes  =  reserved. Only present and necessary with Intel 16-bit format. Skip on read and write as zeros.
n bytes  =  named block data
Type  = 5 The attribute structure of the next annotation mark.
This type also implies the end of the previous mark’s data, therefore the beginning of an annotation mark.
Data consists of the attribute structure.
Must be followed by one or more named blocks of type 6.
Type  = 6 A named block that is part of the preceding annotation mark.
Data consists of the following named block structure:
8 bytes  =  name of named block
4 bytes  =  size (n) of named block data
4 bytes  =  reserved. Only present and necessary Intel 16-bit format. Skip on read and write as zeros.
n bytes  =  named block data