ToolTalk™ Programmer's Guide
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ToolTalk™ Programmer's Guide

Document Number: 007-1611-020

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Who Should Use This Book
How This Book Is Organized
Related Books
Typographic Conventions and Symbols Used in this Manual

1. ToolTalk Overview

ToolTalk Scenarios
How Applications Use ToolTalk Messages
ToolTalk Message Distribution
Modifying Applications to Use the ToolTalk Service
ToolTalk Architecture
Starting a ToolTalk Session
Location of the ToolTalk Service Files
Sample Programs

2. Participating in ToolTalk Sessions

Including the ToolTalk API Header File
Registering with the ToolTalk Service
Setting Up to Receive Messages
Unregistering from the ToolTalk Service

3. Dynamic Message Patterns

Message Pattern Attributes
Defining Dynamic Messages
Updating Message Patterns with the Current Session or File

4. Static Message Patterns

Message Pattern Attributes
Defining Static Messages
Defining Process Types
Defining Object Types
Installing Type Information
Making Type Information Available to the ToolTalk Service
Declaring Process Type
Data Type Registration

5. Sending Messages

How the ToolTalk Service Routes Messages
Message Attributes
ToolTalk Message Delivery Algorithm
Modifying Applications to Send ToolTalk Messages
Request Examples

6. Receiving Messages

Retrieving Messages
Examining Messages
Invoking Callback Routines
Handling Requests
Destroying Messages

Object-Oriented Messaging
Creating Object Specs
Writing Object Specs
Updating Object Specs
Maintaining Object Specs
Destroying Object Specs
Managing Object and File Information
Examples

8. Managing Information Storage

Information Provided to the ToolTalk Service
Information Provided by the ToolTalk Service
Calls Provided to Manage the Storage of Information
Special Case: Callback and Filter Routines

9. Handling Errors

Retrieving ToolTalk Error Status
Returned Pointer Status
Returned Integer Status
Error Propagation

10. ToolTalk API

ToolTalk Enumerated Types
ToolTalk Functions

A. Quick Reference to ToolTalk API

B. ToolTalk API Summary (Functional Grouping)

Initialization
Message Patterns
Session
Files
Messages
Objects
ToolTalk Storage Management
ToolTalk Error Status
Exiting
ToolTalk Error-Handling Macros

C. Initialization Error Messages

D. ToolTalk Error Messages

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