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Chapter 6 - AppleTalk Transaction Protocol (ATP) / ATP Reference

Routines

This section describes the ATP routines that you use to

• send a request to a responder socket client
• open and close an ATP socket
• set up a socket to listen for a request
• send a response to a requester socket client
• cancel a response or a request function
• build a buffer data structure to store the response data

All of the ATP functions except the BuildBDS function use the ATP parameter block to pass input and output parameters. Each function description shows the parameter block for that function. An arrow preceding a parameter indicates whether the parameter is an input parameter, an output parameter, or both:

Arrow	Meaning
-->	Input
<--	Output
<->	Both

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Subtopics

Sending an ATP Request

Opening and Closing an ATP Socket

Setting Up a Socket to Listen for Requests

Responding to Requests

Canceling Pending ATP Functions

Building a Buffer Data Structure