Developing 16-bit Windows and MS-DOS Client Applications

To develop client-side distributed applications for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows 3.x, you must install the Microsoft Windows 3.x/MS-DOS version of the RPC SDK, which is contained in a disk image in the Win32 SDK directory \rpc_sdk. Run SETUP.EXE from Disk 1 to install the header and library files for MS-DOS and/or 16-bit Windows.

When you install the 16-bit SDK, you install the following:

• Header files and libraries needed to build RPC applications for MS-DOS and Windows 3.x.
• Sample RPC programs for MS-DOS and Windows 3.x.
• Run-time RPC and .DLL files for MS-DOS and Windows 3.x.
• 32-bit MIDL compiler.

Microsoft RPC development for 16-bit Windows and MS-DOS requires:

• Microsoft Visual C++ or other C/C++ compiler.
• One of the following platforms, for testing your 16-bit application:
  • Microsoft Windows version 3.x with Microsoft LAN Manager version 2.2
  • Microsoft Windows 3.x with a Windows Sockets-compliant TCP/IP stack
  • Microsoft Windows 3.x with Workgroup Connection 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 with NetBEUI or the Microsoft TCP/IP-32 stack
  • Microsoft Windows 3.x with NetWare 3.x or 4.x
  • Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11 with NetWare 3.x or 4.x software