Client/Server Programming with OS/2 2.1

by Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey

Computer experts Orfali and Harkey demystify operating systems, database, data communications and graphical user interface programming to show you how to create working client/server systems, exploit the synergy and avoid the pitfalls inherent in distributed applications. Readers learn how to use the C language to create multitasking applications that communicate with other applications of a Local Area Network; use the full power of the standard Query Language to interface a database; take advantage of the new object-oriented graphic features provided by OS/2 2.1's Workplace Shell and System Object Model; develop code using NetBIOS, LAN Server, Named Pipes and NetWare.

1184 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1992

About the author

Robert Orfali and his soulmate of thirty years, Jeri, were both in the computer software field in the early days of Silicon Valley. They co-authored three best-selling software books and went together on several world tours to promote their technology. Jeri was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, in 1999, shortly after they moved to Hawaii. Jeri and Robert spent the next 10 years fighting Jeri's cancer and learning how to live with it. Jeri even learned how to surf during her chemo years. She went from "Silicon Valley Executive Woman of the Year” to "Waikiki Surfer Chick." Jeri received one of the most moving surfer funerals ever. Her ashes are in the ocean at Waikiki.