ARA Developers Toolkit

® AppleTalk Remote Access Developer's Toolkit R012SLL1.-\ Apple Computer, Inc. 20525 Mariani Avenue, MIS 33-G Cupertino, CA 95014 (408)996-1010 TI.X 171-576 To reorder products, please call: l-800-282-2732 (in the United States) l-800-637-0029 (in Canada) l-408-562-3910 (International) , •· AppleTalk Remote Access Application Programming Interface (API) External Refere nee Specifications Apple Computer, Inc. Copyright © 1991 by Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Apple Computer, Inc. Printed in the United States of America. "-· App/eTalk Remote Access AP! External Reference Specification ® AppleTalk® Remote Access Application Programming Interface (API) External Reference Specifications The AppleTalk Remote Access API provides an application programming interface to the Remote Access Manager. It supports calls to load and unload the Remote Access Manager (RAM), create and terminate connections, retrieve the current RA..\1 status, and to determine if a specified network address is local or remote. Optionally, the AppleTalk Remote Access API can display a user interface showing the process of a connection. The parameters for the connect call can be a connection document, created with the Remote Access application, or all the parameters of the connection can be specified out right. These specifications also include how to tell if AppleTalk Remote Access is installed, and how to deal with the serial port when AppleTalk Remote Access is in answer mode. NOTE: A/,though every attempt has been made to verify the accuracy of the information presented, this document may contain errors and is subject to change. 9/27/9 I · Final Draft 1 AppleTalk Remote Access AP! External Reference Specification Gestalts When fully installed, Remote Access defines several new gestalt selectors. Below are the new defines and explanation of their use. To see if serial port arbitration is installed, call_ Gestalt using these defines. idefine gestaltArbitorAttr 'arb ' idefine gestaltSerialArbitrationExists 0 For example: OSErr io; II check to see if serial port arb!.trating is installed ... long attribs; io = Gestalt(gestaltArbitorAttr, &attribs); if ( ( (io == noErr) && (attribs & (1 « gestaltSerialArbitrationExists))) II hav…