source-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: read only mechanism: by descriptor Source string (ASCII) to be translated by LIB$TRA_ASC_EBC. The source-string argument contains the address of a descriptor pointing to this source string. byte-integer-dest-string OpenVMS usage:char_string type: character string access: write only mechanism: by descriptor Destination string (EBCDIC). The byte-integer-dest-string argument contains the address of a descriptor pointing to this destination string.