This applies only to SPLat/PC versions 6.15.0 or later, and is relevant only to SPLat controllers with language dialect 15 or later.

The NV0Ptr directive causes SPLat/PC to create a 2-byte pointer in NVEM0 memory that points to another NVEM location. It is used for creating tables of pointers. This may be useful where for example you have a table of different length strings, and therefore need a table to point into it.

Example:

Text0      NVByte     16,"I can't do that,"  
Text1      NVByte     6," Dave."
Text2      NVByte     23,"I'm not really wicked, "  
Text3      NVByte     27,"I was simply drawn that way"    

PointerTable:  NV0Ptr     Text0
               NV0Ptr     Text1
               NV0Ptr     Text2
               NV0Ptr     Text3

Please refer to the NVEM0 documentation for more details. In particular see the NVReadToPtr instruction.

Note that from SPLat/PC build 329 you may place NVEM directives anywhere in your code.  If you do this, then the line label for an NV0Ptr directive must be on the same line. The following is not allowed:

PointerTable:
             NV0Ptr     Text0