OSI/MHS P7 Application Programmatic Interface (P7 API) Manual

About This Manual
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What Related Publications Are Available?
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Appendix E, “C Language Example Program,” is a sample C language program that
shows how to call each P7þAPI procedure.
What Related Publications Are Available?
The related publications fall into three categories: documents prepared by standards
groups, Compaq programming manuals, and other Compaq OSI/MHS manuals. The
following subsections list and describe these publications.
Documents Prepared by Standards Groups
To obtain the most current and definitive information about message handling systems
and Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1), refer to the International Telegraph and
Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) recommendations listed below:
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CCITT Blue Book (Volume VIII - Fascicle VIII.7, Data Communications Networks,
Message Handling Systems), Recommendations X.400-X.420, provides the most
detailed descriptions of elements of the MHS service, message transfer protocol, and
interpersonal messaging protocol for the X.400 1988 standard. In this manual, the
title of this document is referred to as Recommendations X.400-X.420 (1988).
Recommendations contained in this volume that are referred to in this manual are:
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X.411 MHS: Message transfer system: abstract service definition and
procedures
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X.413 MHS: Message store: abstract service definition
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X.419 MHS: Protocol Specifications
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CCITT Blue Book (Volume VIII - Fascicle VIII.4, Data Communications Networks,
Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model and Notation, Service Definition),
Recommendations X.200-X.219, provides descriptions of ASN.1 syntax, extensions,
and Basic Encoding Rules (BER) in Recommendations X.208 and X.209. In this
manual, the title of this document is referred to as Recommendations X.200-X.219
(1988).
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CCITT Blue Book (Volume VIII - Fascicle VIII.5, Data Communications Networks,
OpenþSystems Interconnection (OSI) Protocol Specifications, Conformance
Testing), Recommendations X.220-X.290, provides the most detailed descriptions of
protocol definitions, in particular Remote Operations Service Element (ROSE) and
Association Control Service Element (ACSE). In this manual, the title of this
document is referred to as Recommendations X.220-X.290 (1988).
Recommendations contained in this volume that are referred to in this manual are:
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X.227 OSI: Association Control: protocol specification
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X.229 Remote operations: protocol specification
Compaq Programming Manuals
For information about calling procedures from TAL and C programs, see the following
Compaq manuals: