Managing SNAplus2 Clients

Managing Win32 Clients

 

Managing Win32 Clients

For Windows

SNAplus2 enables machines running Microsoft Windows 95 and

 

Windows NT to act as clients in the SNAplus2 domain. The SNAplus2

 

client software includes API libraries that are fully compatible with

 

Microsoft SNA Server and the Windows Open Systems Architecture

 

(WOSA), enabling applications written for SNA Server to run unchanged

 

on the SNAplus2 Win32 client.

 

SNAplus2 supports the following WOSA APIs:

 

•

Windows APPC

 

•

Windows CPI-C

 

•

Windows LUA

 

•

Windows CSV

• 3270 Emulator Interface Specification

For more information about Windows SNA APIs, see the documentation provided with Microsoft SNA Server.

SNA network information, and other information required by Win32 clients, is held in the Windows Program Registry.

On a Win32 client, the component that handles access to SNAplus2 servers is called the Win32 client. The client must be enabled before you can use SNAplus2 applications or emulation programs on the client. For more information, see “Enabling a Win32 Client”.

When the client is enabled, it contacts a server running SNAplus2 over the TCP/IP network in order to access SNAplus2 features. You can optionally set up SNAplus2 servers to enforce password checking for Win32 clients when running on Windows 95, so that the client user must enter the correct password when enabling the client in order to gain access to the server. For more information, see “Win32 Client Security”.

The operation of the client is also controlled by the information in the Windows Program Registry. The Windows Program Registry contains information about the following:

• Configuration information specific to Win32 clients

• Servers that the client can access

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