---
name: "VistaIOWriteObjects"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libvistaio-dev"
version: "1.2.19-3+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/VistaIOWriteObjects"
---

# VistaIOWriteObjects(3)

write a series of objects to a stream

## NAME

VistaIOWriteObjects - write a series of objects to a stream

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <stdio>
#include <vistaio.h>
```

**VistaIOBoolean VistaIOWriteObjects (***file***,** *repn***,** *attributes***,** *nobjects***,** *objects***)**

**FILE \****file***;** **VistaIORepnKind** *repn***;** **VistaIOAttrList** *attributes***;** **int** *nobjects***;** **VistaIOPointer** *objects***\[***nobjects***\];**

## ARGUMENTS

- *file*

  **Specifies the open stream to which the objects should be written.**

- *repn*

  **Specifies the kind of objects to be written.**

- *attributes*

  **Specifies a list of attributes to be written to the stream.**

- *nobjects*

  **Specifies the number of objects to be written.**

- *objects*

  **Specifies the objects to be written.**

## DESCRIPTION

**VistaIOWriteObjects writes a series of objects to an open stream as a Vista**  **data file. The objects must be of the type specified by** *repn***.** **Objects** *objects***\[0\] through** *objects***\[***nimages* **- 1\]** **are written, followed by any attributes in the list** *attributes***.** **The** *attributes* **argument may be**  **NULL** **if only the objects are to be written.**

## RETURN VALUES

**VistaIOWriteObjects returns** **TRUE** **if successful and** **FALSE** **otherwise. In the case of an error, data written to the stream may**  **be incomplete.**

## SEE ALSO

**VistaIOOpenOutputFile**(3), [**VistaIOWriteEdges**(3)](/VistaIOWriteEdges/3.md), [**VistaIOWriteFile**(3)](/VistaIOWriteFile/3.md), [**VistaIOWriteImages**(3)](/VistaIOWriteImages/3.md), [**stdio**(3)](/stdio/3.md)

## AUTHOR

**Art Pope \<pope@cs.ubc.ca\>**

**Adaption to vistaio: Gert Wollny \<gw.fossdev@gmail.com\>**