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

Introduction to Pathway Application Programming

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Client/Server Capabilities

The Remote Server Call (RSC) product and the Pathway Open Environment Toolkit

(POET) bring client/server capabilities to the Pathway environment by allowing you to

move requester functions to a workstation. RSC allows client programs residing on a

workstation to access Pathway server classes in any of three different ways:

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Through a Pathsend requester provided by RSC; this requester works with the

LINKMON process.

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Through a special intelligent device support (IDS) requester supplied with RSC; this

requester works with the terminal control process (TCP) provided in the Pathway/TS

product.

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Through an IDS requester that you develop yourself in the SCREEN COBOL

language; this requester works with the TCP provided in Pathway/TS.

RSC also allows requesters to access Guardian processes directly. To facilitate access to

servers and Guardian processes, RSC consists of multiple components within both the

workstation and Tandem computer environments.

The Pathway Open Environment Toolkit (POET) provides tools for developing RSC

clients for the Microsoft Windows environment. These tools include a simplified

programmatic interface, name mapping, and data conversion mapping.

For information about RSC, refer to the Remote Server Call (RSC) Programming

Manual. For information about POET, refer to the Pathway Open Environment Toolkit

(POET) Programming Manual.