TS/MP Pathsend and Server Programming Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+)

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Introduction to Pathway
Application Programming
This section introduces Pathway transaction processing applications, which you write
and run with the assistance of the NonStop Transaction Services/MP (NonStop TS/MP)
and Pathway/Transaction Services (Pathway/TS) software.
This section discusses the following topics:
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Advantages of the Pathway environment
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Pathway applications, including requesters and servers
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The Pathsend environment
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Client/server capabilities
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Other supported transaction processing environments
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Development tools and utilities
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A sample transaction processing scenario
This section does not describe the components of the NonStop TS/MP software in detail.
You can find more detailed information about these components in the introductory
sections of the NonStop TS/MP System Management Manual. The Introduction to
NonStop Transaction Processing manual summarizes the main features and capabilities
of the NonStop TS/MP software.
Which Sections Do You Need?
The remaining sections of this manual describe how to write two types of programs as
part of a Pathway application: requester programs that use the Pathsend application
program interface (API) and server programs that service requests from all types of
Pathway requesters. The sections are organized into logical groups of information for
easy reference. Depending on the types of requesters and servers in your Pathway
application and which parts of the application you are working on, you might not need