RSC/MP 7.2 Programming Manual

HP NonStop Remote Server Call (RSC/MP) Programming Manual—522360-004
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About This Manual
The HP NonStop Remote Server Call (RSC/MP) product allows workstation-based
client applications to communicate with NonStop system host-based Pathway servers
and named Guardian processes. RSC/MP is made up of workstation and host
components.
This manual describes the concepts and tools involved in developing RSC/MP
applications on client workstations. RSC/MP provides an application program interface
(API) and function calls for RSC/MP applications.
The C programming language is the preferred development language for RSC/MP
application programs. Syntax and program samples in this manual are written in C.
The function names for other languages appear in brackets.
Manual Contents and Organization
This manual contains:
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Section 1, Introduction to Remote Server Call (RSC/MP), provides an overview of
RSC/MP.
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Section 2, Programming Environment, provides information about the RSC/MP
programming environment, format of function calls, notation, and constants; and
also describes the RSC.H header file and its contents.
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Section 3, API Functions and Options, describes the programming interface and
how to create and use options.
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Section 4, RSC/MP Sessions, describes the types of interprocess RSC/MP
sessions.
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Section 5, Application Design, provides information about designing an RSC/MP
application.
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Section 6, Application Development, describes how to develop an RSC/MP
application on a workstation.
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Section 7, Message Handling, describes how to use the RscErrorInfo function to
return API errors and describes API error types, log events, and error handling.
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Section 8, Unsolicited Message Service, shows how to create, send, and respond
to unsolicited messages, and provides a UMS code example.
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Section 9, Access Control Server, shows how to design and create an access
control server on a NonStop host to configure a workstation for an ACS. An
example provides code that you can modify to write your own ACS.
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Section 10, API Function Descriptions, defines the API function calls, including
their format, parameters, and return values.