SNAP-IX MS Programmer's Guide
BeforeYou Begin
Prerequisite Knowledge
About This Book
Organization of This Book
Typographic Conventions
SNAP-IX Publications
Publications for Users
Publications for Administrators
Publications for Programmers
Related Publications
1 Introduction to Management Services
1.1 SNA Management Services Support Levels
1.2 SNAP-IX Management Services Support
1.3 Management Services Application Programming Interface
1.4 Management Services Applications
1.4.1 MS Applications That Only Send Data
1.4.2 MS Applications That Both Send and Receive Data
1.5 NMVT Routing
2 Writing MS Applications
2.1 Description of the MS API Entry Points
2.1.1 Synchronous Entry Point: ms
2.1.2 Asynchronous Entry Point: ms_async
2.1.3 The Callback Routine Specified on the ms_async Entry Point
2.1.4 Scope of Target Handle
2.2 Scheduling Asynchronous Events
2.2.1 Single-Threaded Applications
2.2.2 Multithreaded Applications
2.2.3 Motif Applications
2.3 MS API Header File
2.4 Compiling and Linking the MS Application
2.4.1 Linking Motif Applications and Applications That Use Application ScheduledMode
2.4.2 Linking Multithreaded Applications
3 Management Services Verbs
3.1 CONNECT_MS_NODE
3.1.1 VCB Structure
3.1.2 Supplied Parameters
3.1.3 Returned Parameters
3.2 DISCONNECT_MS_NODE
3.2.1 VCB Structure
3.2.2 Supplied Parameters
3.2.3 Returned Parameters
3.3 REGISTER_MS_APPLICATION
3.3.1 VCB Structure
3.3.2 Supplied Parameters
3.3.3 Returned Parameters
3.4 REGISTER_NMVT_APPLICATION
3.4.1 VCB Structure
3.4.2 Supplied Parameters
3.4.3 Returned Parameters
3.5 SEND_MDS_MU
3.5.1 VCB Structure
3.5.2 Supplied Parameters
3.5.3 Returned Parameters
3.6 TRANSFER_MS_DATA
3.6.1 VCB Structure
3.6.2 Supplied Parameters
3.6.3 Returned Parameters
3.7 UNREGISTER_MS_APPLICATION
3.7.1 VCB Structure
3.7.2 Supplied Parameters
3.7.3 Returned Parameters
3.8 UNREGISTER_NMVT_APPLICATION
3.8.1 VCB Structure
3.8.2 Supplied Parameters
3.8.3 Returned Parameters
4 Management Services Indications
4.1 FP_NOTIFICATION
4.1.1 VCB Structure
4.1.2 Parameters
4.2 MDS_MU_RECEIVED
4.2.1 VCB Structure
4.2.2 Parameters
4.3 MS_STATUS
4.3.1 VCB Structure
4.3.2 Parameters
4.4 NMVT_RECEIVED
4.4.1 VCB Structure
4.4.2 Parameters
Appendix A: MS Function Sets
A.1 Base Function Sets
A.2 Optional Function Sets
A.3 Function Sets Not Supported
Index