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1.1.1.2 ! root        1: More Information about RPC version 1.0
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1.1.1.2 ! root        6: This document contains important information about Microsoft RPC
        !             7: version 1.0 that is not included in the Microsoft RPC programming
        !             8: documentation or in Help.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       11: Use Notepad to View This Document
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1.1.1.2 ! root       13: To move through this document, press PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN or click the arrows 
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1.1.1.2 ! root       16: To print this document, choose the Print command from the File menu.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       18: For help with using Notepad, press F1.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       21: _______________________________________________________________________
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1.1.1.2 ! root       23: Introduction
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1.1.1.2 ! root       25: Microsoft RPC version 1.0 is a toolkit for developing network-aware 
        !            26: distributed applications in C/C++. The RPC toolkit includes:
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1.1.1.2 ! root       28:      *   MIDL compilers for Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Windows
        !            29:          3.x/MS-DOS
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1.1.1.2 ! root       31:      *   C/C++ language header files (.H) and run-time libraries
        !            32:          (.LIB and .DLL) for Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft
        !            33:          Windows 3.x, and MS-DOS
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1.1.1.2 ! root       35:      *   Sample programs for Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft
        !            36:          Windows 3.x, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, and MS-DOS
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1.1.1.2 ! root       38:      *   RPC reference Help files, Windows Write files, and PostScript
        !            39:          files
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1.1.1.2 ! root       41: The Win32 SDK contains the Microsoft Windows NT and Microsoft Windows 3.x/MS-
        !            42: DOS versions of the RPC SDK.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       45: Installation
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1.1.1.2 ! root       47: The Microsoft Win32 SDK installs the components of the Microsoft RPC toolkit
        !            48: as part of its standard installation. No additional installation is required.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       50: To develop client-side distributed applications for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows
        !            51: 3.x, and Windows for Workgroups version 3.1, you must install the Microsoft
        !            52: Windows 3.x/MS-DOS version of the RPC toolkit. Cross-compilation of Windows
        !            53: 3.x and MS- DOS clients with Microsoft Windows NT requires a 16-bit C
        !            54: compiler in the Microsoft Windows NT environment. This development
        !            55: environment is not installed during RPC SDK setup. The Microsoft RPC toolkit
        !            56: for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows 3.x requires:
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        !            59:      *   A 16-bit compiler such as Microsoft Visual C++ Development System 
        !            60:          for Windows or the Microsoft C/C++ 7.0 compiler.
        !            61:        
        !            62:      *   One of the following: 
        !            63:          *   Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1 (or later) with
        !            64:              named pipes, NetBIOS, or TCP/IP
        !            65:          *   Microsoft LAN Manager version 2.1 (or later) with named
        !            66:              pipes, NetBIOS, or TCP/IP
        !            67:          *   DEC PATHWORKS 4.0 (or later) with NetBIOS, TCP/IP, or DECNet
        !            68:          *   Novell Netware 3.x with SPX
        !            69:          *   Other networking software compatible with the Windows 
        !            70:              Sockets API standard
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        !            72: To install the Microsoft Windows 3.x/MS-DOS version of the RPC toolkit, run
        !            73: the Setup program in the directory MSTOOLS\RPC_DOS. To start the Setup
        !            74: program, choose the Run command from the File menu in the Microsoft Windows
        !            75: 3.x Program Manager.
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        !            77: When you install the RPC toolkit in a directory different from the directory
        !            78: you used for Microsoft C/C++ version 7.0, you must set the environment
        !            79: variables INCLUDE, LIB, and PATH to point to the directories that contain the
        !            80: RPC header files, libraries, and DLLs and binaries, respectively. You cannot
        !            81: install the RPC toolkit in the same directory as the Visual C++ compiler
        !            82: binaries because of name conflicts.
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1.1.1.2 ! root       85: RPC Documentation
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1.1.1.2 ! root       87: The following Microsoft RPC version 1.0 reference materials are available in
        !            88: Windows Write format and in PostScript file format:
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1.1.1.2 ! root       90: Microsoft RPC Programmer's Guide and Reference
        !            91:      Part I: Programmer's Guide
        !            92:      Part II: MIDL Language Reference
        !            93:      Part III: Run-Time API Reference
        !            94:      Part IV: Installing RPC
        !            95:      Part V: Appendixes
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1.1.1.2 ! root       97: Use the PostScript files to print individual chapters of the documentation on
        !            98: your PostScript printer.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      100: The following run-time and MIDL reference Help file is available on line:
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1.1.1.2 ! root      102:      RPC.HLP   WinHelp MIDL and run-time API reference 
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1.1.1.2 ! root      104: RPC sample-program source files are available in the directory
        !           105: MSTOOLS\SAMPLES\RPC. MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows 3.x versions of some
        !           106: samples are available when you install the Windows 3.x/MS-DOS version of the
        !           107: RPC toolkit. The file MSTOOLS\SAMPLES\RPC\README.TXT describes the available
        !           108: samples.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      111: _______________________________________________________________________
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1.1.1.2 ! root      113: 1.0 The following release notes relate to the MIDL compiler and to building
        !           114: distributed applications.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      117: 1.1  Packing and Alignment Considerations
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1.1.1.2 ! root      119: You must use the same packing and alignment settings (/Zp switch) for both
        !           120: the C compiler and the MIDL compiler. Using different packing levels for the
        !           121: two compilers causes undefined results. Specify the /Zp switch to verify that
        !           122: the correct packing and alignment settings are used on both compilers.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      124: This release of the MIDL compiler does not support the switches /Zp1 and /Zp2
        !           125: in the MIPS environment, although the compiler does not prevent the use of
        !           126: /Zp1 and /Zp2.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      128: Use /Zp1 or /Zp2 for 16-bit client platforms. Objects of types with natural
        !           129: alignment greater than 2 that are allocated on the stack as local variables
        !           130: in the client application are not necessarily allocated on 4- and 8-byte
        !           131: boundaries by the C compiler. Because the C compiler does not guarantee
        !           132: alignment on the stack, marshalling from and unmarshalling into such objects
        !           133: may cause problems.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      135: Generic stubs (/env generic) must be specified with /Zp1 or /Zp2 in 16-bit
        !           136: client environments.  Generic stubs specified with /Zp1 or /Zp2 cannot be
        !           137: used in the MIPS environment.  MIDL uses /Zp4 by default for generic stubs.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      140: 1.2  C Stub Source Code Causes Compilation Warnings
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1.1.1.2 ! root      142: The stub files generated by the MIDL compiler may generate warnings when they
        !           143: are compiled at compiler warning-level 3 and higher. These warnings can
        !           144: generally be safely ignored.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      146: When your C compiler does not use the same default character sign as the MIDL
        !           147: compiler, use the MIDL compiler switch /char to generate explicit
        !           148: declarations in the header file. For more information, see the Microsoft RPC
        !           149: programming documentation.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      152: 1.3 Use Six-Character Filenames on the FAT File System
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1.1.1.2 ! root      154: Because RPC version 1.0 appends _C, _X, and similar extensions to filenames,
        !           155: limit your filenames to six characters or less. Filenames that total more
        !           156: than eight characters are too long for some file systems and can fail.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      159: 1.4 Specifying Local and UUID Attributes
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1.1.1.2 ! root      161: If the base IDL file contains no procedures, you don't have to specify local
        !           162: or UUID attributes.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      165: 1.5 MIDL Extra Server Files in the Windows 3.x/MS-DOS Environment
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1.1.1.2 ! root      167: MIDL does not produce server files in the Windows 3.x/MS-DOS environment.
        !           168: For this reason, if you specify the /env switch as /env dos or /env win16,
        !           169: server stubs are not produced. To produce server stubs, specify that the /env
        !           170: switch is either /env win32 or /env generic.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      173: 1.6 Working with Visual C++ on 16-Bit Machines
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1.1.1.2 ! root      175: Do not install the 16-bit RPC toolkit in the same directory as Visual C++.
        !           176: MIDL requires the Microsoft C 7.0 front end for C preprocessing. The
        !           177: installer will install the Microsoft C 7.0 front end if needed. Use the
        !           178: /cpp_cmd switch to make sure MIDL is using the right C compiler.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      181: 1.7 Memory Leak Possible with Multiple Context Handles
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1.1.1.2 ! root      183: Memory can leak when data argument(s) precede context-handle argument(s) and
        !           184: the call is directed by another handle. The leak happens on the server side
        !           185: if the data requires memory allocation and if the context handle that is used
        !           186: (as opposed to initialized) is invalid. The stub raises an exception as it is
        !           187: supposed to, but it doesn't do the clean up.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      190: 1.8 Use Zero or Positive Values for the size_is and length_is Variables
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1.1.1.2 ! root      192: You must use a zero or a positive value for the size_is and length_is
        !           193: variables. A negative value for the size_is or length_is variable causes an
        !           194: exception.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      197: 1.9 RPC Cannot Pass More than 63K Worth of Data on 16-Bit Platforms
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1.1.1.2 ! root      199: An MS-DOS or Windows 3.x system cannot pass more than 63K worth of data in a
        !           200: single remote procedure call. Trying to pass more than 63K worth of data
        !           201: results in undefined behavior.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      204: 1.10  Windows 3.x Applications Using the [callback] Attribute
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1.1.1.2 ! root      206: If you use the [callback] attribute for a procedure specified in the IDL file
        !           207: and if your application runs with Windows 3.x, you must compile all stubs
        !           208: with the /GA C-compiler switch. Note that the /GA switch should not be used
        !           209: for Windows callback functions (as opposed to RPC callback functions) that
        !           210: are called in the context of another process.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      214: 1.11  Building RPC Samples with Visual C++ for Microsoft Windows NT
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1.1.1.2 ! root      216: You can build RPC applications with the Visual C++ SDK for Microsoft Windows
        !           217: NT using the RPC*.H files distributed with that SDK. To build RPC samples
        !           218: with Visual C++ for Windows NT, add the following definition to RPC.H (this
        !           219: applies to Intel processors only):
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1.1.1.2 ! root      221:      #define     _CRTAPI1    _cdecl
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1.1.1.2 ! root      224: _______________________________________________________________________
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1.1.1.2 ! root      227: 2.0 The following release notes are related to the RPC run-time libraries,
        !           228: transport libraries, and Windows NT services provided with Microsoft RPC
        !           229: version 1.0.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      233: 2.1 RpcServerUseAllProtseqs Requires a Null Security Descriptor 
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1.1.1.2 ! root      235: The RpcServerUseAllProtseqs security-descriptor parameter must be set to NULL
        !           236: in this release of Microsoft RPC version 1.0. The null parameter allows
        !           237: everyone access.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      240: 2.2 Named-Pipes Security Descriptor
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1.1.1.2 ! root      242: Named pipes (ncacn_np) allows everyone access when a null security descriptor
        !           243: is supplied. This accessibility is independent of whether or not the account
        !           244: used to start the server has a default ACL.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      247: 2.3 Multiple Networks
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1.1.1.2 ! root      249: The Microsoft Locator does not work with a router.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      252: 2.4 RpcNsBindingExport IP Addresses
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1.1.1.2 ! root      254: If a server has two IP addresses and as a result is on two subnets,
        !           255: RpcNsBindingExport adds only one of the two addresses to the name service.
        !           256: For this reason, clients on one of the two networks cannot import a valid
        !           257: handle to that server. Clients that already know the server address will work
        !           258: using either well-known or dynamic endpoints. 
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1.1.1.2 ! root      261: 2.5 SPX Transport Limitations
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1.1.1.2 ! root      263: The MS-DOS SPX transport does not function in a Windows DOS box or Windows NT
        !           264: DOS box.  The Windows SPX transport does not function in Windows standard
        !           265: mode or in emulation mode with Windows NT.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      268: 2.6 All Machines Must Use the Same SPX Packet Size
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1.1.1.2 ! root      270: To use the ncacn_spx protocol sequence (RPC over SPX), both the client and
        !           271: the server must use the same maximum IPX packet size.  Otherwise, multipacket
        !           272: RPC calls will fail with RPC_S_CALL_FAILED.  To adjust the packet size on a
        !           273: machine running MS-DOS, Windows 3.x, or Windows for Workgroups, add the
        !           274: following line to your NET.CFG or SHELL.CFG file:
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1.1.1.2 ! root      276:       IPX PACKET SIZE LIMIT=xxxx
        !           277:  where
        !           278:       xxxx is the packet size in bytes.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      280: Consult your Novell documentation for more information.  Note that some older
        !           281: drivers do not support setting IPX PACKET SIZE LIMIT.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      283: To adjust the maximum packet size on machines running Windows NT, use
        !           284: REGEDT32.EXE to set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
        !           285: Services\NWLINKIPX\NetConfig\Driver01\MaxPktSize to the proper value.
        !           286: Consult the Windows NT Resource Kit for more information on the registry.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      288: 2.7  Windows 3.x Applications Using TCP/IP Must Call RpcWinSetYieldInfo
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1.1.1.2 ! root      290: Applications based on Windows 3.x that use TCP/IP (ncacn_ip_tcp) must call
        !           291: the RpcWinSetYieldInfo routine.  Applications making RPC calls that don't
        !           292: call RpcWinSetYieldInfo will always hit an exception.  The exception occurs
        !           293: because Windows Sockets API standard requires that applications yield while
        !           294: using the network.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      297: 2.8 When Writing MS-DOS Applications, Avoid Calling _exit Directly 
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1.1.1.2 ! root      299: Always write your RPC applications for MS-DOS to call the complete C-library
        !           300: termination function exit or _cexit rather than the "quick" C-library
        !           301: termination function _exit or _c_exit because the quick-termination functions
        !           302: do not call the atexit function. The MS-DOS RPC run-time libraries use the
        !           303: atexit function to clean up system resources.  When you call the _exit or
        !           304: _c_exit function, the atexit function is not invoked and resources are not
        !           305: freed correctly.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      310: 3.0 The following release notes are related to installation and configuration
        !           311: issues for this release:
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1.1.1.2 ! root      315: 3.1  Using Microsoft RPC with Microsoft Windows for Workgroups
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1.1.1.2 ! root      317: To successfully run Microsoft RPC distributed applications with Microsoft
        !           318: Windows for Workgroups version 3.1, you must use the Windows for Workgroups
        !           319: network services.  Stop all real-mode network services before starting
        !           320: Windows for Workgroups. At the MS-DOS prompt, enter:
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1.1.1.2 ! root      322:      net stop workstation /y
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1.1.1.2 ! root      326: 3.2  Creating Installation Disks for Your Distributed Application
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1.1.1.2 ! root      328: After you have developed your distributed application using Microsoft RPC,
        !           329: you should provide a way for your users to install your application.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      331: To enable your users to install your application, perform the following steps
        !           332: when installing RPC:
        !           333:      *   Copy your executable files
        !           334:      *   Copy Microsoft RPC run-time and transport DLLs
        !           335:      *   Set Microsoft RPC-related registry entries as needed
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1.1.1.2 ! root      337: To provide an installation tool for your users, use the Microsoft Setup
        !           338: Toolkit for Windows. Microsoft Setup provides important version-control
        !           339: features that prevent users from overwriting newer versions of the RPC
        !           340: run-time libraries with older, incompatible versions.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      342: You can also use the template batch files provided with Microsoft RPC for
        !           343: MS-DOS and Windows 3.x to help your users install your distributed
        !           344: applications. The files DRUNDISK.BAT and WRUNDISK.BAT copy the Microsoft RPC
        !           345: Setup program and associated files and direct the Microsoft RPC Setup program
        !           346: to install all needed RPC system files. You must customize the .INF file for
        !           347: your application. For more information about changing the .INF file, see the
        !           348: documentation for the Microsoft Setup Toolkit for Windows.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      350: If you use another installation method, you should implement some form of
        !           351: version control. Version-control methods ensure that you do not distribute
        !           352: incompatible versions of the RPC run-time and transport libraries that can
        !           353: cause software errors in your application and other applications.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      355: Some files include an embedded version-control number for use by the Setup
        !           356: Toolkit for Windows. These files are noted in the lists below.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      358: The following Microsoft Windows 3.x RPC files should be installed in the
        !           359: system directory or in a directory specified by the LIBPATH environment
        !           360: variable:
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1.1.1.2 ! root      362:      DNETAPI.DLL    Non-Microsoft environments for DEC PATHWORKS
        !           363:                     interoperability with Microsoft LAN Manager
        !           364:      NETAPI.DLL     Microsoft LAN Manager transport DLL; has version number
        !           365:                     for use with Microsoft Setup
        !           366:      RPCNS1.DLL     Microsoft RPC name-service provider
        !           367:      RPCRT1.DLL     Microsoft RPC client run-time library
        !           368:      RPC16C1.DLL    RPC transport DLL for client-side named pipes
        !           369:      RPC16C3.DLL    RPC transport DLL for client-side WinSock TCP/IP 
        !           370:      RPC16C3X.DLL   RPC transport DLL for client-side WSOCKETS.DLL TCP/IP 
        !           371:      RPC16C4.DLL    RPC transport DLL for client-side DECnet
        !           372:      RPC16C5.DLL    RPC transport DLL for client-side NetBIOS
        !           373:      RPC16C6.DLL    RPC transport DLL for client-side SPX
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1.1.1.2 ! root      375: The following MS-DOS RPC files should be installed in a directory that is
        !           376: specified by the PATH environment variable:
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1.1.1.2 ! root      378:      RPCNS.RPC      Microsoft RPC name-service provider
        !           379:      RPCNSLM.RPC    Microsoft RPC name-service provider LAN Manager support
        !           380:      RPCNSMGM.RPC   Microsoft RPC name-service provider support module
        !           381:      RPC16C1.RPC    RPC transport DLL for client-side named pipes
        !           382:      RPC16C3.RPC    RPC transport DLL for client-side TCP/IP
        !           383:      RPC16C4.RPC    RPC transport DLL for client-side DECnet
        !           384:      RPC16C5.RPC    RPC transport DLL for client-side NetBIOS
        !           385:      RPC16C6.RPC    RPC transport DLL for client-side SPX
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1.1.1.2 ! root      387: You need not install the Microsoft Windows NT versions of the Microsoft RPC
        !           388: run-time libraries and transports. Microsoft Windows NT computers support
        !           389: Microsoft RPC version 1.0.  If you want to run Microsoft Windows 3.x or
        !           390: MS-DOS RPC applications with Microsoft Windows NT, install the above RPC DLLs
        !           391: on the system.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      394: Setting RPC Registry Entries
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1.1.1.2 ! root      396: Your installation procedure should set any registry entries your application
        !           397: needs.  Registry entries are used by the RPC run-time libraries and the RPC
        !           398: name-service provider to obtain information about the transport an
        !           399: application intends to use.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      401: By default, MS-DOS and Windows 3.x registry entries are present in the file
        !           402: RPGREG.DAT in the root directory of the boot drive.  You can use a different
        !           403: file by setting the value of the environment variable RPC_REG_DATA_FILE to
        !           404: the path and filename of the alternate file.
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1.1.1.2 ! root      406: The RPC Setup program for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows 3.x creates the
        !           407: registry file RPCREG.DAT. If you write your own installation program, you
        !           408: must create RPCREG.DAT and set appropriate entries for the name-service and
        !           409: NetBIOS transports supported in that environment. 
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1.1.1.2 ! root      411: If the Microsoft Locator is the name-service provider:
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1.1.1.2 ! root      413:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\Protocol=ncacn_np
        !           414:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\NetworkAddress=\\.
        !           415:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\Endpoint=\pipe\locator
        !           416:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\DefaultSyntax=3
1.1       root      417: 
1.1.1.2 ! root      418: If CDS is the name-service provider via NSID:
1.1       root      419: 
1.1.1.2 ! root      420:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\Protocol=ncacn_ip_tcp
        !           421:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\NetworkAddress=name of NSID
        !           422:                                                              host
        !           423:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\Endpoint=
        !           424:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NameService\DefaultSyntax=3
1.1       root      425: 
1.1.1.2 ! root      426: The NetBIOS transport entries have the following form:
1.1       root      427: 
1.1.1.2 ! root      428:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NetBios\ncacn_nb_<A><B>=<C>
1.1       root      429: 
1.1.1.2 ! root      430: where
        !           431:      <A> is the NetBIOS sub-protocol sequence (nb, ipx, or tcp).
        !           432:      <B> is a unique digit for each protocol sequence.
        !           433:      <C> is the lana number.
        !           434: 
        !           435: For example, if you have two net cards in a system, running NetBEUI on both
        !           436: and tcp/ip on one, and the lana numbers on the system are configured as
        !           437: NetBEUI on card0 is 0, TCP/IP on card0 is 1, and NetBEUI on card1 is 2, then
        !           438: the RPC NetBIOS registry entries are:
        !           439: 
        !           440:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NetBios\ncacn_nb_nb0=0
        !           441:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NetBios\ncacn_nb_nb1=2
        !           442:      \Root\Software\Microsoft\Rpc\NetBios\ncacn_nb_tcp0=1
        !           443: 
        !           444: For more information about the strings generated in the file RPCREG.DAT, run 
        !           445: Microsoft RPC Setup and inspect the strings.
        !           446: 
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