OpenVMS Pathworks 32

HP PATHWORKS 32 V7.4 SPD 56.33.10
File and Print Services Over DECnet
PATHWORKS 32 software provides the ability to
browse, connect to, and disconnect from PATHWORKS
servers over the DECnet transport. Users access file
and print services through the Windows 2000, Windows
XP Professional, and Windows 2003 interface. Users
can also connect to and disconnect from their services
from the DOS prompt.
DECnet Utilities
PATHWORKS 32 software includes the following DEC-
net utilities:
• File Access Listener (FAL) and Windows-based Net-
work File Transfer (NFT) utilities for transferring files
over the DECnet transport
• Job Spawner
• Network Management Listener (NML)
DECnet Over TCP/IP
DECnet over TCP/IP functionality, available in HP
DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS and HP DECnet-Plus for
Tru64 UNIX systems, enables DECnet applications to
use TCP/IP as a network service rather than (or in addi-
tion to) traditional DECnet network services. For exam-
ple, DECnet over TCP/IP allows DECnet-based applica-
tions to run over TCP/IP backbone networks. This func-
tionality on PC platforms provides a consistent, cross-
platform approach to the problem of DECnet-to-TCP/IP
migration.
Note that only outgoing connections are supported (see
the Release Notes for more information).
WinSock 2 Service Provider
PATHWORKS 32 software contains a service provider
for the DECnet transport. This feature allows application
developers to write WinSock 2 compliant applications
that can use the DECnet transport.
WinSock 2 support is part of the Windows 2000, Win-
dows XP Professional, and Windows 2003 operat-
ing systems. PATHWORKS 32 automatically registers
DECnet as a WinSock 2 service provider on these sys-
tems.
Password Assistant
The PATHWORKS 32 Password Assistant provides
single-logon capabilities. Enabled applications in PATH-
WORKS 32 software that require a user name and pass-
word store the log-on data in a central location.
PowerTerm 525 uses Password Assistant to store multi-
ple passwords in an encrypted form on local PCs. Once
passwords are defined, PowerTerm 525 can retrieve
log-on information from the encrypted file—reducing the
number of times users must type a password.
Password Assistant is independent of the server envi-
ronment, so it can store LAN Manager and application
passwords.
Application Programming Interfaces
PATHWORKS 32 provides application programming
interfaces (APIs) that provide a consistent interface
across multiple transports and transport protocols.
PATHWORKS 32 also provides dynamic link libraries
(DLLs) for Microsoft Windows programming. Refer to
the PATHWORKS Information Shelf for details.
eXcursion X Server
The eXcursion X Server allows desktop users to run X
Window System applications on remote OpenVMS or
UNIX systems.
For example, users can simultaneously run an X ter-
minal session (such as DECterm), an X mail program
(such as Mailtool from Sun), and a Windows application
(such as Microsoft Word for Windows) on their PCs.
They can cut and paste information from one type of
application to another.
The eXcursion X Server is based on Release 6.3 of the
X Window System Version 11 protocol (X11R6.3) from
The Open Group. However, the following extensions
introduced with X11R6.3 are not supported: Remote
Execution, Web Browser Plug-In, Security, Application
Group, Print, and LBX.
eXcursion provides the following features:
• Support for TCP/IP from Microsoft and DECnet from
PATHWORKS 32.
• Support for BackingStore and SaveUnders in multi-
window as well as single-window mode.
• Context-sensitive Help on the eXcursion Control
Panel.
• The ability to attach sounds to events.
• An enhanced logging window with scroll bars and the
ability to save and print log messages.
• Font failover capability that lets the server select an
alternate font path, if a remote font path element is
not available.
• Availability of LK411 keysyms.
• Enhanced line-drawing performance using Windows
graphics device interface (GDI).
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