HP-UX SNAplus2 CPI-C Programmer's Guide (June 2003)

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About This Book
This section explains how information is organized and presented in this
book.
Organization of This Book
This book is organized as follows:
• Chapter 1, Concepts, introduces the fundamental concepts of CPI-C.
It is intended for programmers who are not familiar with CPI-C.
• Chapter 2, Writing CPI-C Applications, contains general information
a CPI-C programmer needs when writing CPI-C Applications.
• Chapter 3, CPI-C Calls, describes each CPI-C call in detail. Each
description includes the following: purpose, parameters,
conversation states in which the call can be issued, and conversation
state changes after the call has executed. Differences between the
implementations of CPI-C for the different operating systems are
indicated where they occur.
• Chapter 4, Sample CPI-C Transaction Programs, describes the
SNAplus2 CPI-C sample programs that illustrate the use of CPI-C
calls in a C program, and includes instructions for compiling, linking,
and running the programs.
• Chapter 5, Sample Java CPI-C Transaction Program, describes the
SNAplus2 Java CPI-C sample program that illustrates the use of
CPI-C calls in a Java application, and includes instructions for
compiling, linking, and running the program.
• Appendix A, Common Return Codes, documents certain return codes
that are common to several calls.
• Appendix B, Conversation State Changes, provides information
about CPI-C conversation states: which CPI-C calls are permitted in
each state, and the state to which the conversationchanges on return
from each call.