This guide provides information about two kinds of connection services:
This service provides for attached, authenticated, and licensed connection states, and uses a connection reference as the caller's immediate access to the connection.
The connections in this service are more directly tied to a specific server, and use connection numbers that are directly associated with specific slots on the server's connection table. The model is well designed for NLMs that require direct access to the server. However, NLMs themselves can also act as clients and use cross-platform connections, provided the NLMs are properly written for that purpose.
In addition, this guide contains information about the Message functions, which allow your application to send broadcast messages to other workstations attached to a common NetWare server, and the NCP Extension functions, which allow you to extend the services provided by the NetWare OS while maintaining the advantages associated with NCPs.
This guide includes the following functions:
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