Compaq TP Desktop Connector
for ACMS
Client Application Programming Guide

E
Error
handling application
Event-driven processing
Exchange step
DECforms coding
in nonblocking environment
Macintosh support
presentation procedure with
Exit handler
calling
External function
See XFCN
F
Failover configuration
submitter node #1
submitter node #2
Flow control
handling
Forced nonblocking
Forced nonblocking sample
Form
library file use
treating in ACMS application
FORM I/O
coding
FORMS.H file
use
Front-end system
See Desktop system
G
Gatekeeper
role definition
Gateway
as ACMS agent
capacity
component description
increasing availability of desktop
TP Desktop Connector
definition
Generating workspace definitions
Graphics
use
Guidelines
nonblocking client
H
HAT stack
XFCN descriptions
HyperCard
converting time
debugging
ending a DAM session
HyperTalk script
characteristics
sample use
I
I/O task
client procedure
DOS
definition
in nonblocking environment
procedure kinds
Identification
submitter
ACMS
desktop gateway
TP Desktop Connector
InitDBPack
example
Initialization
phase
Initializing
XFCN
Interface
user
design
graphics
multiple sign-ins
L
Libraries
desktop client program
location of API
network list
Linking
desktop client program
DOS
Macintosh desktop client program
Logical name
ACMSDI_GET_VERSION use
sample directories
M
Macintosh
data conversion routine
data type conversion package
date format conversion routines
sample
MacTCP tool
MacToVms
data conversion routine
MACToVMSTime
conversion routine
Main form
MAKE_RECORDS.COM utility
Management
description
DOS
code
Memory
constraints in design
Memory allocation routine
writing
Microsoft Windows
See Windows
Modify workspaces
See Unidirectional workspaces
Multiple gateways
N
Network
component description
NO I/O task
definition
Nonblocking service
ACMSDI_PENDING use with #1
ACMSDI_PENDING use with #2
calling #1
calling #2
design implications
environment defined
polling need
See also Blocking service and Service
summary of
writing procedures using #1
writing procedures using #2
nonreentrant
O
Object library
DOS
required
Windows
linking
OpenVMS
ACMSDI$GET_SUBMITTER_INFO service
programming notes
OpenVMS to RISC structure byte copy
Oracle CDD data type
P
PATHWORKS
library list
Polling
example #1
example #2
nonblocking environment need
setting up control mechanism #1
setting up control mechanism #2
Portable API extension
Presentation code
choosing software
DOS
building
Windows
Macintosh
building
debugging
OpenVMS development
prototyping
Presentation procedure
application-specific
blocking
example
Windows sample
X Windows sample
blocking
sample
writing
DECforms coding
definition
error handling
generic
blocking
example
Windows sample
X Windows sample
nonblocking
call context returned with #1
call context returned with #2
completion example #1
completion example #2
pseudocode #1
pseudocode #2
writing #1
writing #2
processing flow
return status coding
stubs
Processing
phases
presentation procedure
Processor usage
NO I/O task
Programming
strategies
Prototyping
presentation code
Q
Queued task
design
R
Read-only workspaces
See Unidirectional workspaces
Reports
Request
library file use
Reserve task
definition
RISC architecture
RISC data alignment
S
Sample application
desktop client program
DOS
Macintosh
Windows
X Windows
source code locations
Serialization
violations
Service
blocking
using
client
TP Desktop
nonblocking
definition
OpenVMS
desktop client
See also Blocking service and Nonblocking service
system management
using DOS client
Services
TP Desktop Connector client
library locations
Session
context
data required #1
data required #2
example of handling #1
example of handling #2
maintenance #1
maintenance #2
create
Windows sample #1
Windows sample #2
ending a DAM
Hypercard service
information
submitter identification #1
submitter identification #2
maximum allowed
starting a DAM
Session identification
zero
Sign-in
example
blocking
information in procedure
multiple active #1
multiple active #2
in Windows sample #1
in Windows sample #2
multiple design
multiple support
phase
service
Sign-out
phase
Specifying form names
guidelines
Starting the sample
Status
coding return
presentation procedure
Stepping through
Microsoft Windows Sample
Motif sample
Storage
nonblocking service release #1
nonblocking service release #2
Stub routine
description
Submitter identification
nonblocking environment #1
nonblocking environment #2
types of
use #1
use #2
Submitter node
failover configuration