| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
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My customer asked the following question. His department has
VAXstations and PCs.
He wants to know that if his PC (DOS) programmers write a program (based
on X windows standards), will they be able to display the output
on the VAXstations? In other words, will the VAXstation be able
to bring up the X program originally written on the pc?
Given that DOS machines are single tasking, would the pc have to be
put in FAL (file access listener) mode?
Note: I know that PCSA comes with a DECwindows 'display' facility
allowing it to display what other VAXstations running DECwindows
are running, but in this case, with my customer's question, he is
writting a PC program (based on X) to be displayed on the VAXstations.
Frankly, I don't even know if one can write a pc x program. So,
thanks for any help or experience you have in this area.
(I am also going to post this question in the PCSAV2 conference.)
Thanks.
Theresa
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| 2276.1 | Clarification... | ASD::LOW | Member - American Autobahn Society | Thu Feb 15 1990 13:55 | 17 |
> He wants to know that if his PC (DOS) programmers write a program (based
> on X windows standards), will they be able to display the output
> on the VAXstations? In other words, will the VAXstation be able
> to bring up the X program originally written on the pc?
Actually, the term "bring up" is misleading. The program wouldn't
"RUN" on the VAXstation, but on the PC. If the PC program is smart
enough to send the X protocol over DECNET or TCP/IP (the currently
supported transport mechanisms for VAXstations), and it's wired to
the VAXstation, it should work. The PC would actually be running the
application, and the display would be on the VAXstation...
Of course, a single tasking PC could do nothing but run this
application...
Dave
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| 2276.2 | RAINBO::PFEFFER | Fri Mar 02 1990 09:33 | 5 | ||
This whole scenario whould assume that you have a toolkit and XLIB running under MS-DOS..to my knowledge no one has done this yet.... Mike | |||||