Using Win32 (WinAPI) Functions in Microsoft Visual FoxPro

Add Microsoft Win32 functionality to your Visual FoxPro applications! This web site presents declarations and FoxPro code samples for over 1,100 Windows API functions.

Code sample: Using named pipes to pass data between processes - January 22, 2007

This code sample contains definitions of two classes, NamedPipeServer and NamedPipeClient, encapsulating named pipes API functionality. The Pipes, as well as mailslots, can be used for exchanging data between processes running on same computer or on different computers.
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API function: SetNamedPipeHandleState - January 17, 2007

Sets the read mode and the blocking mode of the specified named pipe. If the specified handle is to the client end of a named pipe and if the named pipe server process is on a remote computer, the function can also be used to control local buffering.
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API function: DisconnectNamedPipe - January 17, 2007

Disconnects the server end of a named pipe instance from a client process.
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API function: ConnectNamedPipe - January 17, 2007

Enables a named pipe server process to wait for a client process to connect to an instance of a named pipe.
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Code sample updated: How to create MD-5 and SHA-1 hash values from a string - January 17, 2007

C++ version added to this code sample.
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Code sample updated: GDI+: enumerating fonts installed on the system - January 17, 2007

C version added to this code sample.
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Code sample updated: Creating the Open dialog box to specify the drive, directory, and name of a file to open - January 17, 2007

C version added to this code sample.
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API function: CreateNamedPipe - January 16, 2007

Creates an instance of a named pipe and returns a handle for subsequent pipe operations.
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