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Interprocess communication (ICP)
Appendix D – Interprocess Communication (IPC)
The communication to the process imager device is handled by the PI Connect software (
Imager.exe
)
only. A dynamic link library (
ImagerIPC2.dll
) provides the interprocess communication (IPC) for other
attached processes. The DLL can be dynamically linked into the secondary application. Or it can be done
static by a lib file too. Both
Imager.exe
and
ImagerIPC.dll
are designed for Windows Vista/ 7/ 8
only. The application must support call-back functions.
The
ImagerIPC.dll
will export a bunch of functions that are responsible for initiating the
communication, retrieving data and setting some control parameters.
The description of the initialization procedure as well as the necessary command list is
provided on the CD.