Revision as of 02:03, 6 July 2015

Editor's note: The RPC broker development kit (BDK) comes with a Broker.hlp file that contains valuable information. However it seems to be Win95 technology, and doesn't work with newer versions of Windows Help. I found a program that helped me get to the content.

RPC Broker V 1.1 Developer's Guide

• Overview

  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Broker Overview
  • Orientation
  • About this Version of the RPC Broker
  • What's New in the BDK
  • Developer Considerations
  • Application Issues
  • Silent Login
  • Context-sensitive Help for the RPC Broker

• RPC Broker Components, Class, and Units

  • Classes
  • Components
  • Units

• Remote Procedure Calls

• Other RPC Broker APIs

• Debugging and Troubleshooting

  • Overview
  • How to Debug Your Application
  • RPC Error Trapping
  • Identifying the Listener Process on the Server
  • Identifying the Handler Process on the Server
  • Testing Your RPC Broker Connection
  • Client Timeout and Buffer Clearing
  • Memory Leaks

• Developer Utilities

  • RPC Broker Programmer Preferences

• Tutorial

  • Introduction
  • Advanced Preparation
  • Step 1: Create Application with an RPC Broker Component
  • Step 2: Get Server/Port
  • Step 3: Establish Broker Connection
  • Step 4: RPC Routine to List Terminal Types
  • Step 5: RPC To List Terminal Types
  • Step 6: Call the ZxxxTT LIST RPC
  • Step 7: Associate IENs
  • Step 8: Routine to Retrieve Terminal Types
  • Step 9: RPC To Retrieve Terminal Types
  • Step 10: Call ZxxxRETRIEVE RPC
  • Step 11: Register RPCs
  • See Also: FileMan Delphi Components (FMDC)
  • Tutorial Source Code

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