[comp.os.os2.programmer] Named pipes and DOS

green@ai.toronto.edu (Anthony Thomas Green) (08/29/90)

I have just started reading up on OS/2 programming and have a question
regarding named pipes. What is needed for, and how does one use named
pipes to communicate between a DOS app client and and OS/2 server process
across a network? 

Thanks,
 
Anthony Green
green@ai.toronto.edu

alanbac@microsoft.UUCP (Alan BACK) (08/31/90)

In article <90Aug28.131657edt.8325@ephemeral.ai.toronto.edu> green@ai.toronto.edu (Anthony Thomas Green) writes:
>I have just started reading up on OS/2 programming and have a question
>regarding named pipes. What is needed for, and how does one use named
>pipes to communicate between a DOS app client and and OS/2 server process
>across a network? 

Microsoft Press has an excellent book by Ralph Ryan called
"Lan Manager, A Programmer's Guide", that explains Named Pipes
in detail (P. 338-366).  [ISBN 1-55615-166-7]

For specifics on DOS Wksta to OS/2 Server communication, and the
libraries associated with this, you'll need the Lan Manager 2.0
PTK, which will be available shortly.  

Alan Back
Lan Manager Developer Support