SNAP-IX CPI-C Programmer's Guide

September 2000

SVS-025-070 Version 7

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Before You Begin

This book is a guide for developing C-language or Java application programs that use Common Programming Interface for Communications (CPI-C) to exchange data in a Systems Network Architecture (SNA) environment.

The SNAP-IX implementation of CPI-C is based on IBM's implementation of CPI-C in its OS/2 products (with modifications for the Solaris environment).

Programs written to use the SNAP-IX implementation of CPI-C can exchange data with programs written to use other implementations of CPI-C that adhere to the SNA Logical Unit (LU) 6.2 architecture.

This book applies to Version 7 of SNAP-IX.

Prerequisite Knowledge

Before reading this manual, you should have a knowledge of the following subjects:

The C compiler cc
UNIX System V Release 3 or later

For Java CPI-C:

The Java Virtual Machine version 1.1.6
The Java compiler javac
UNIX System V Release 3 or later

The Microsoft Visual C++ Version 4 compiler
Microsoft Windows NT (Version 3.51 or later) or Microsoft Windows 95

Note

Graphics used in this section are explained in Graphic Conventions.

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