HP Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Version 3.2 for OpenVMS

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The DCE for OpenVMS V3.2 product family is an implementation of OSF DCE R1.2.2 adapted and
enhanced for OpenVMS and has the following features:
• Integrated Login. This settable feature enables DCE login to occur automatically when a user
logs in to a standard interactive session. At the OpenVMS username and password prompts,
the user enters both his OpenVMS username and password or his DCE account name and
password. If valid, the user is logged in to both the OpenVMS system and the DCE cell in a
single integrated operation.
• IMPORT and EXPORT utilities to move accounts to and from DCE.
• The DCE IDL compiler for OpenVMS supports HP C++, and FORTRAN, as well as C.
• The DCE IDL has been extended to support a number of C++ language syntax features that
provide a distributed object framework. The DCE RPC runtime environment now supports
HP C++ bindings to remote objects.
• IDL development templates are provided to help with the development of client/server
interfaces.
• A PC name server proxy agent is a feature that enables systems running Microsoft[R] RPC to
obtain CDS bindings.
• DCE for OpenVMS also has a single utility that complements the DCE core services called
NSedit. NSedit is a Motif based graphical tool that enables users to navigate, manipulate, and
peruse the CDS name space much more effectively and efficiently than when using the CDS
command line interface.
• Microsoft RPC Application Programming Interface (API). In addition to the DCE RPC API,
DCE application programmers can now choose to use the Microsoft RPC API when porting
programs from Microsoft platforms.
PRODUCT OPTIONS
The DCE for OpenVMS product family currently consists of eight separate products, four on OpenVMS
Alpha, and four on I64:
1. DCE Runtime Services Kit for OpenVMS Alpha
2. DCE Runtime Services Kit for OpenVMS I64
This is a fully integrated set of services that provides applications with the essential capabilities required to
use DCE's distributed services. The DCE Runtime Services makes the following DCE features available to
distributed applications:
• Remote Procedure Call Runtime API and Library that includes:
Access to DCE RPC
Use of the DCE Cell Directory Service for locating servers
Use of DCE Security Service for authentication