HP-UX SNAplus2 R7 LUA Programmer's Guide

Before You Begin
About This Book
Before You Begin
This book is a guide for developing C-language application programs that use the Conventional Logical Unit
Application (LUA) interface to communicate with a Systems Network Architecture (SNA) host computer. The
SNAplus2 implementation of LUA is based on the IBM implementation of the Request/Response Unit Interface
(RUI) in its OS/2 products (such as
Communications Server for OS/2
), with modifications for the HP-UX environment.
Prerequisite Knowledge
Before reading this book, you should have a knowledge of the following subjects:
• SNA concepts (see Related Publications)
UNIX
• The C compiler cc
• HP-UX Version 11i v1 or later
WINDOWS
• The Microsoft Visual C++ Version 4 compiler
• Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003
Note
Graphics used in this section are explained in Graphic Conventions.
Intended Audience
The primary audience for this book is the programmer writing application programs that use LUA. This book
provides conceptual information for programmers who are not familiar with LUA and detailed reference information
for experienced LUA programmers.
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:
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