If the data source may be in byte order different from that required by the reader, you can add the source byte-order to the BF elelment type. The byte order will be swapped if required. For example, to write out a real number 3.5 with Most-Significant_Byte first (Mortorola) convention: WriteReal_BF(hBF,<define>BF_BYTEORDER_MSB</define>+<define>GS_REAL</define>,3.5). If a byte order is not specified, the source is assumed to be in the native byte order of the reading/writing computer.

public void ReadReal(
	int type,
	ref double data
)

Public Sub ReadReal ( 
	type As Integer,
	ByRef data As Double
)

public:
void ReadReal(
	int type, 
	double% data
)

member ReadReal : 
        type : int * 
        data : float byref -> unit