event-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Identifier of the event. The event-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Event-id must be used in other calls to identify the event. event-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the event. The event-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the event name. The name of the event is entirely arbitrary. If you do not specify a value for event-name, or if you specify 0, a new unnamed event is created, which can be referenced only by its identifier. An arbitrary number of unnamed events can be created by a given application.