Is it possible to have the OSS API functions print to a memory buffer and not to a window or to a file?

Yes. One way is to set the world.asn1prnt function pointer of the instance of ossGlobal structure to your personal printing function which outputs to a memory buffer of your choice:

    ...   
    ossinit(&world, _primary_control_table);   
    world.asn1prnt = OSSTraceFunc;   
    ...   
       
    int OSSTraceFunc(FILE *pFile, const char *format, ...)   
    {   
       
    #define nBufLen 1024   
        va_list args;   
        char szBuf[nBufLen];   
        int nRC;   
       
        memset(szBuf, '\0', nBufLen);   
        va_start(args, format);   
        nRC = vsprintf(szBuf, format, args);   
        va_end(args);   
        fputs(szBuf, pFile);   
        fflush(pFile);   
        return nRC;   
    }

If your platform does not support FILE pointers, you may also try passing a NULL value for the stream argument (first argument). The other way is to use ossSetUserPrint() or ossSetUserVprint() passing your printing function pointer and/or the stream pointer.

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