Appendices

This part covers the following topics:

• Portable Thread Library explains how to create and synchronize threads using the classes from the portable thread library.

• Using Server on Windows deals mainly with the specificities of Server on Windows®, and with some extra features provided to handle error messages and exit the libraries cleanly.

• Floating Reference Cycles draws your attention to the pitfalls of floating reference cycles and explains how to avoid them.

• Internationalization in Server explains what you should do to develop an Server-based internationalized application.

• The MvTCP Communication Layer explains the communication layer to allow distribution of the application components in a distributed Server application.

• Environment Variables explains environment variables to manage specific features, such as debugging, tracing, and configuring.

• Compiler Options for Multithreaded Applications covers the compiler or compiler/linker options that must be used to build a multithreaded application. Failure to use these options will result in undefined behavior at runtime.

• Grammar of Dynamic View Type Specifications explains the grammar of dynamic view type specifications.