Writing CPIC Programs

Personal Communications provide a dynamic link library (DLL) file that handles CPIC calls.

The DLL is reentrant; multiple application processes and threads can call the DLL concurrently.

Header Files and Libraries for CPIC shows source module usage of supplied header files and libraries needed to compile and link CPIC programs. Some of the header files may include other required header files.

Table 1. Header Files and Libraries for CPIC
Operating System Header File Library DLL Name
WIN32 WINCPIC.H WCPIC32.LIB WCPIC32.DLL
WIN3.1 WINCPIC.H WINCPIC.LIM WINCPIC.DLL
OS/2® CPIC_C.H CPIC16.LIB or CPIC32.LIB CPIC.DLL

*WIN32 = Windows 2000 and Windows XP

*WIN3.1 = Windows® 3.1 (available only on Communications Server)