Pathmaker Programming Guide

The Structure of Pathmaker Custom Services and Servers
Creating Services and Servers
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Figure 4-4 illustrates the structure of a Pathmaker C server and the services it contains.
Figure 4-4. Structure of a Pathmaker C Server
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Data declarations from common service utility
library header.
main ( )
{
Open shared logical files
Call each service setup function, passing
initialized control parameters
Iterate until server is shut down
Read $RECEIVE
Case statement to call the service requested
Prepare reply
Reply to $RECEIVE
Call each service cleanup function, passing
initialized control parameters
Close shared logical files
}
Common Service Utility
Library Functions
Service 1 Function
Includes code from Custom
Source File for this service and
expansion of invoked macros.
Service 2 Function
Includes code from Custom
Source File for this service and
expansion of invoked macros.
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