RSC/MP Programming Manual

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:
Section 1, Introduction to Remote Server Call (RSC/MP), provides an overview of
RSC/MP.
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.
Section 3, API Functions and Options, describes the programming interface and
how to create and use options.
Section 4, RSC/MP Sessions, describes the types of interprocess RSC/MP
sessions.
Section 5, Application Design, provides information about designing an RSC/MP
application.
Section 6, Application Development, describes how to develop an RSC/MP
application on a workstation.
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.
Section 8, Unsolicited Message Service, shows how to create, send, and respond
to unsolicited messages, and provides a UMS code example.
Section 9, Access Control Serve r, 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.
Section 10, API Function Descriptions, defines the API function calls, including
their format, parameters, and return values.
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