OpenTP1 Version 7 Programming Guide
1.4.1 Application programming interface facilities
(1) Basic OpenTP1 facility (TP1/Server Base, TP1/LiNK)
(2) Facilities available with TP1/Message Control
- Message exchanging
TP1/Message Control allows message exchange mode communication in a wide-area network and between systems interconnected through TCP/IP.
(3) Facilities available for files
- DAM file service
Direct files can be used as OpenTP1-dedicated user files.
- TAM file service
Table access based direct files can be used as OpenTP1-dedicated user files.
- ISAM file service#
Indexed sequential files complying with the X/Open ISAM model can be used.
- IST service (TP1/Shared Table Access)
One or more tables (internode shared tables) in shared memory can be shared between two or more OpenTP1 systems. For the IST service, the entity of each user file does not exist and data is stored in an internode shared table in memory instead.
- Lock for resources
OpenTP1 APIs can lock any files (UNIX files).
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- For details on the ISAM file service, see the manual Indexed Sequential Access Method ISAM.
(4) X/Open-compliant application program interfaces
- XATMI interface
This interface allows client/server mode communication between X/Open-compliant APIs.
- TX interface
X/Open-compliant APIs can control transactions.
(5) Facilities that are used in special styles
Listed below are functions for facilities that are used in special styles.
(a) Facilities available with TP1/Multi
- Multinode facility
Various facilities are available to UAPs in cluster/parallel OpenTP1 systems.
(b) Facilities available with online tester (TP1/Online Tester)
- Management of online tester
The user server test status can be obtained by calling an appropriate function from the UAP.
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