TS/MP 2.5 Pathsend and Server Programming Manual

About This Manual

This manual describes how to write two types of programs as part of a Pathway application:

requestor programs that use the Pathsend Application Program Interface (API) and server programs

that service requests from all types of Pathway requestors.

This chapter describes the purpose and the contents of this manual and of other manuals closely

related to this manual.

This manual is one of a set of manuals that describe the TS/MP and the HP NonStop Pathway/iTS

products. The contents of these products are:

• TS/MP: This product consists of the PATHMON process, the ACS subsystem processes, the

PATHCOM process and interface, and the Pathsend procedure calls.

• Pathway/iTS: This product consists of the terminal control process (TCP), the SCREEN COBOL

compiler and run-time environment, and the SCREEN COBOL Utility Program (SCUP).

Together with the HP NonStop Transaction Management Facility (TMF) product, the TS/MP product

forms the foundation for the open transaction processing and client/server products on HP

NonStop™ systems. Such products include the NonStop Tuxedo system, the RSC/MP product, and

the Pathway Open Environment Toolkit (POET).

The Pathway/iTS product supports requestor programs that run in the Guardian environment and

communicate with terminals and intelligent devices. It requires the services of the TS/MP product.

Purpose of This Manual

This manual is a combined reference manual and programming guide. It contains reference

information about the Pathsend procedure calls, and it also contains information about how to

design and code applications using these calls.

In addition, this manual contains information about how to design and code Pathway servers to

be used with all types of requestors and clients.

Product Version

NonStop TS/MP 2.5.

Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs)

This publication supports J06.11 and all subsequent J-series RVUs and H06.22 and all subsequent

H-series RVUs, until otherwise indicated by its replacement publications.

Who Should Read This Manual

This manual is intended for programmers writing Pathway applications that include Pathsend

requestors, Pathway servers, or both. Readers must be experienced programmers familiar with the

Guardian environment and the HP programming languages they are using.

What Is in This Manual

This manual contains application design and programming information for writers of Pathsend

requestors and Pathway servers. This information includes syntax, usage, and error-handling

information for the Pathsend procedure calls.