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| Preface | |
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| The RPC Model | |
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| RPC and Distributed Computing | |
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| The Client/Server Model | |
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| The RPC Charade | |
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| Interface Definition Language | |
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| How IDL Works | |
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| RPC and LPC | |
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| Windows NT and the OSF DCE | |
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| Hello, RPC! | |
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| Hello, World in RPC | |
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| The Hello Client | |
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| Exception Handling Macros | |
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| The HELLO Server | |
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| Binding; UUID | |
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| The Protocol Sequence | |
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| The Network Address | |
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| The End Point | |
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| The Options | |
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| The HELLO Server | |
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| Memory Allocator | |
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| The HELLO Procedure | |
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| The HELLO Interface Definition | |
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| HELLO makefile | |
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| Building RPC Applications | |
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| Debugging | |
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| The HELLO files | |
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| Passing Data: Pointers, Arrays, and Strings | |
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| RPC and References | |
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| Reference Pointers | |
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| Unique Pointers | |
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| Full Pointers | |
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| Arrays | |
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| Strings | |
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| Building the PRIME Applications | |
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| Console Management | |
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| The Prime Number Algorithm | |
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| The I/O Library | |
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| Running PRIME1 | |
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| Building PRIME1 | |
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| Multithreading: Developing PRIME2 | |
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| Multithreading | |
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| Adding Critical Sections | |
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| Distributing the Work | |
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| The User Interface | |
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| The PRIME3 Client -- RPCs at Last | |
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| Binding to the Server | |
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| Creating Binding Handles | |
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| Automatic Binding | |
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| Types of Binding Handles | |
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| Manual Binding | |
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| Implicit Binding Handles | |
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| Explicit Binding Handles | |
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| The String Binding | |
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| The PRIME3 Client | |
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| Structured Exception Handling | |
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| Binding to the PRIME3 Server | |
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| The PRIME3 Client Stub | |
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| Terminating the PRIME3 client | |
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| The PRIME3 Interface | |
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| The PRIME3 Server | |
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| Starting the PRIME3 Server | |
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| Registering the Server Interface | |
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| The PRIME3 Server Stub | |
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| Terminating the PRIME3 Server | |
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| PRIME4 -- Fault-Tolerant Servers | |
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| Context Handles | |
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| Context Rundown Routines | |
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| Stateless Servers | |
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| The PRIME4 Context Handle | |
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| Supporting DOS and WFW | |
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| PRIME5 -- RPC Name Service | |
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| The PRIME5 client | |
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| Running PRIME5 | |
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| The PRIME5 Server | |
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| PRIME6 -- Overview | |
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| Multiple Clients, Multiple Servers | |
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| The PRIME6 Client | |
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| The PRIME6 Interface | |
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| Debugging PRIME6 | |
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| A Distributed Mandelbrot Application | |
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| Lossless vs. Lossy Compression | |
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| The Mandelbrot Set | |
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| Design Issues | |
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| Using a Local Server | |
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| Running Mandelbrot | |
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| The Mandelbrot Server | |
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| Evolution of PC Operating Systems | |
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| MS-DOS | |
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| Comaptibility | |
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| OS/2 and the 286 | |
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| DOS Extenders | |
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| The Surrogate OS/2 | |
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| Enhanced Mode in Three Flavors | |
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| Windows 3.0 | |
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| Windows 3.1 | |
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| Windows for Workgroups | |
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| The Future | |
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| What is Win32? | |
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| How Win32s Differs from Win32 | |
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| Developing Win32s Applications | |
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| OSF DCE | |
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| OSF DCE Distributed Computing Models | |
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| Integration of the DCE Technology Components | |
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| DCE Threads | |
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| DCE Remote Procedure Call (RPC) | |
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| DCE Directory | |
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| DCE Time | |
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| DCE Security | |
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| DCE Distributed File Service | |
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| Management; Cells | |
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| What's New in Windows NT? | |
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| Compatibility and Portability | |
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| Subsystems and Compatibility | |
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| File Systems and Compatibility | |
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| Portability | |
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| Hardware Abstraction Layer | |
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| Segmented Memory Models | |
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| Thunking | |
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| Separate Address Spaces | |
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| Preemptive Multitasking | |
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| Windows 3.1 and the Virtual Machine | |
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| Threads | |
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| Multithreading | |
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| Symmetric Multiprocessing | |
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| GUIs | |
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| Improved Graphics Device Interface (GDI) | |
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| Console | |
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| Other Features | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Annotated Bibliography | |
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| Index | |