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Service Format
This chapter describes the format and elements of the service descriptions
provided in following chapters. This chapter also provides a list of the services
and the appropriate session environments in which each service may be used.
1.1 Routine Names
The TP Desktop Connector service names and OpenVMS action routines are
shown in C-language format. The OpenVMS system management services are
shown in the OpenVMS services format.
1.2 Format
The format section describes the C functions as they are declared for the
portable API in the include file ACMSDI.H in the ACMSDI$COMMON
directory.
Square brackets ( [ ] ) indicate optional parameters in the call.
1.3 Parameters
This section contains details about each parameter listed in the format section.
Parameters appear in the order in which they are shown in the format. The
format shown in Table 1–1 describes each parameter.
Table 1–1 Services Description Parameters
Name
Description
Type
Data type of the parameter
Access
Method by which the called routine accesses the parameter
Mechanism
Method by which a parameter is passed to the called routine
The parameters section additionally contains a sentence or two describing the
purpose of the parameter.
Service Format 1–1
