RSC/MP 7.2 Programming Manual

Application Design
HP NonStop Remote Server Call (RSC/MP) Programming Manual—522360-004
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Data Conversion
(either through the RSC.INI file, or an RscSetOption function call), a subsequent
call to RscConnect starts another RSCPIPE process under the new name.
Data Conversion
When designing an application, you must consider converting data. The byte order of
INTEGER types on some workstations differs from the byte order on a NonStop
system. Data might also need conversion if the applications on the workstation and on
the NonStop server are written using different programming languages. For example, if
the server applications are written in COBOL and workstation applications are written
in C, conversion between NULL-terminated and trailing space strings is required.
RSC/MP supports binary data conversion for INTEGER and LONG data types, by
using the RscSwapShort and RscSwapLong function calls. See Formatting and
Converting Data on page 6-3, for information about converting INTEGER- and LONG-
word data.