PATH Mac OS 8 and 9 Developer Documentation > Text Encoding Conversion Manager
Programming With the Text Encoding Conversion Manager

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TECObjectRef

When making a text conversion, the Text Encoding Converter requires a reference to a converter object that indicates how to accomplish the conversion. Functions, such as TECCreateConverter, that create a converter object return this reference, which you can then pass to other functions when converting text. A converter object reference is defined by the TECObjectRef data type:

The structure of the OpaqueTECObjectRef data type is private, and a converter object is not accessible directly.