Create/Wait NamedPipeA ?

Dan Kegel dank at kegel.com
Tue Apr 24 18:25:56 CDT 2001


Martin Kroeker wrote:
> Is anybody working on implementing CreateNamedPipeA/WaitNamedPipeA
> (KERNEL32.168 , KERNEL32.725) or can anybody comment on how much
> needs to be done to implement these ? Some applications seem to
> use this to communicate with a license manager process - even
> freely available product catalogs that apparently create a pro forma
> license file during the installation process.

I don't know, but from what it says at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/winbase/pipes_4w6d.htm
that call isn't available under Windows 95.  Do the apps
you're talking about run only under NT, then?  Are any of
them freely downloadable (doesn't hurt to ask :-)?

- Dan





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