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RE: PBRemoteAccess function...

Duane...

Thank you again! ;-)

I already went over the PPP Port library and my Mac is getting hung after
calling OTIoctl(ep,I_OTConnect,NULL); was supposed to be asynchronous
and return immediately, I set the it asynchronous explicitly calling the
Huhh...

Of course! I firstly:

- Loaded OpenTransport
- Opened an end point
- Installed the end point notifier
- OTSetAsynchronous(fEndPoint);
- Set enabling events

(everything successfully!!!)

But sudenly in the call OTIoctl(ep,I_OTConnect,NULL); in the 7th ASSAMBLER
instruction I am getting my PPC Mac hung!

Can anyone assist please?

As far as I understood from the documentation that in order to connect to
one
RAS config (the default one in the RAS control Panel) I don't need to
set any parameter options... Do I? I made sure myself there was a valid
PPP default configuration, wasn't it supposed to get it???!!!

Regards,
Giovanni

> -----Original Message-----
> From: email@hidden [mailto:email@hidden]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 1:03 PM
> To: Giovanni Azua; OpenTransport Developers
> Subject: Re: PBRemoteAccess function...
>
>
> All of this information is in the same Developer kit that the ARA trap
> information came in. I think its the OpenTransport Developer Kit
> available on the Apple Developer website.
>
> You will find an entire document that talks about the 'PPP'
> Port and the
> ioctl calls that can be made to control the connection and get status
> from the connection.
>
> Good guess on the ARA document, that's what I thought also, but was
> informed by Apple folks that this was in fact _not_ and ARA
> document that
> was being referred to.
>
> Good luck,
> ..Duane
>
> --- At Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:26:34 +0200, Giovanni Azua wrote:
>
> >Hello Duane,
> >
> >I really appreciate your help and found it quite helpful!!!
> >
> >I tried the same snippet avoiding specifying the kNSConnectDocument
> >flag and the "ARA Document" (I created this ARA document by exporting
> >a valid configuration from the Remote Access Panel). Now it
> takes the
> >parammeters specified inside the TRAConnectInfoTemplate
> struct and inits
> >the call.
> >
> >Since I haven't found any samples using the ARA API could
> you send me some
> >snippet for specifying username and passw? and maybe also
> controlling the
> >status of the connection after issuing the Connect command.
> >
> >Best Regards and thank you again,
> >Giovanni
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <email@hidden>
> >To: "OpenTransport Developers" <email@hidden>
> >Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 7:19 PM
> >Subject: Re: PBRemoteAccess function...
> >
> >> From my understanding (and we tried this path as well),
> the document
> >> format for this call has never been published. It was part of some
> >> earlier version of Remote Access but has since been
> abandonded and is no
> >> longer used (although this API may actually still work for
> compatibility
> >> reasons).
> >>
> >> I dont think this API can be used. The best you can do is
> use the default
> >> connect method with out the connect document specified. As
> I recall this
> >> will connect to the current RA configuration. The current
> configuration
> >> can be controlled using Network Setup (or MoreNetworkSetup). I have
> >> gotten this API to work using the parameters however, I
> could never get
> >> the document version to work.
> >>
> >> There are other limitations to this API that make it
> infeasible for most
> >> uses. The password is in clear text and limited to 8
> characters and the
> >> user name is limited to 34 characters. You also need to
> make an educated
> >> guess as to what lttype should be. (Thanks to a technote
> that I found and
> >> later experimented with 'pppl' seems to be the answer.)
> >>
> >> I would suggest using a different path, such as the PPP
> port interface or
> >> AppleScript. (Warning: PPP AppleScript is broken on 9.1
> due to a missing
> >> library.)
> >>
> >> Hmm, that seems to leave only one solution. :-)
> >>
> >> In our code we use a combination of the two interfaces
> (PBRemoteAccess
> >> and the PPP Port) depending on what we are doing. We have
> found problems
> >> with both interfaces under some extreme conditions. Its frustrating
> >> because the Remote Access modules and interfaces (control panel and
> >> control strip) themselves seem to be quite stable but
> third-party authors
> >> trying to do the same thing experience instabilities.
> >>
> >> Good luck.
> >>
> >> ..Duane Murphy
> >>
> >> --- At Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:26:59 +0200, Giovanni Azua wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi all,
> >> >
> >> >Can anyone tell me where to find the implementation of
> PBRemoteAccess
> >> >function??? I mean what is the library?
> >> >
> >> >and/or why is it that this snippet works for loading ARA:
> >> >
> >> > TRemoteAccessParamBlock loadPB;
> >> >
> >> > loadPB.LOAD.csCode = RAM_EXTENDED_CALL; //
> extended call
> >> > loadPB.LOAD.resultStrPtr = nil; //
> result string
> >> > loadPB.LOAD.extendedType = (char*)REMOTEACCESSNAME; //
> to remote
> >access
> >> > loadPB.LOAD.extendedCode = CmdRemoteAccess_Load; //
> try to load
> >> > MorePBRemoteAccess(&loadPB, false); // issue sync call
> >> >
> >> > if (loadPB.LOAD.ioResult)
> >> > {
> >> > Str255 numberAsString;
> >> > NumToString(loadPB.LOAD.ioResult,numberAsString);
> >> > MessageBox("\pError", numberAsString);
> >> > ExitToShell();
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> >and fails with this next call to Connect to a saved PPP
> config with the
> >> >error -5835 ERR_DAMAGED - "The ARA file has been modified;")???
> >> >
> >> >TRemoteAccessParamBlock connectPB;
> >> >Str255 PathName;
> >> >
> >> >strcpy((char*)PathName,(char*)"\pMacintosh HD:GNDialerRASConfg");
> >> >
> >> >// Test if we can actually get the file...
> >> >FSSpec fileSpec;
> >> >OSErr err = FSMakeFSSpec(0,0,PathName,&fileSpec);
> >> >
> >> >LoadRemoteAccess(); // Get the Remote Access Manager
> >> >
> >> >// loaded
> >> >connectPB.CONNECT.csCode = RAM_EXTENDED_CALL;
> >> >connectPB.CONNECT.resultStrPtr = NULL;
> >> >connectPB.CONNECT.extendedType = (char*)REMOTEACCESSNAME
> >> >connectPB.CONNECT.extendedCode = CmdRemoteAccess_DoConnect;
> >> >connectPB.CONNECT.portGlobalsPtr = nil;
> >> >connectPB.CONNECT.fileInfo.vRefNum = 0;
> >> >connectPB.CONNECT.fileInfo.parID = 0;
> >> >
> >> >strcpy((char*)&connectPB.CONNECT.fileInfo.name,(char*)&PathName);
> >> >
> >> >// Ask for password if needed, use connection document, &
> show connection
> >> >connectPB.CONNECT.optionFlags = kNSCanInteract |
> kNSConnectDocument
> >> > | kNSShowStatus
> >> > | kNS2SavvyFlags // Use the
> 2.0 flags below
> >> > | kNSAR2Connection //
> connection to a 2.0
> >server
> >> > | kNSNotifyWhileConnected;
> >> >
> >> >MorePBRemoteAccess(&connectPB, false); // issue sync call
> >> >
> >> >if (connectPB.CONNECT.ioResult)
> >> >{
> >> > Str255 numberAsString;
> >> > NumToString(connectPB.CONNECT.ioResult,numberAsString);
> >> > MessageBox("\pError", numberAsString);
> >> > ExitToShell();
> >> > }
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Regards,
> >> >Giovanni
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