This updated edition features extensive revisions to explain OS/2 2.0 and its new functions. The authors also introduce new database features and incorporate them into RSQL. New SAA features, System View, and the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) are fully described. Code developed with OS/2 2.0's Workframe environment and the new 32-bit C Set/2 compiler enables users to make improvements in tasking APIs and PM calls. Other new sections in the edition address Novell, TCP/IP, CPI-C, CUA'91 and the OS/2 Workplace Shell.

The ultimate guide into the mystical world of client/server computing and its explosion of technology. The book covers network operating systems, SQL database servers, image and multimedia servers, transaction monitors, distributed objects, and workflow servers. Also covered are the tools used to create applications and manage them in distributed environments.

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This book will teach the user how to optimize code--specifically client/server code--that will run on a network and interface different PCs. Specific chapters show the user how to make code work the same on machines running Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2, UNIX, or Macintosh System X software.

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