Understood. What is it that you are looking for? The application data can be had by looking at the RPC code on both the client and the server. You can view it using a sniffer as well.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Schilling Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 8:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RCP Broker Message Structure (was Re: [Hardhats-members] new Java client for VistA.) Roy Gaber wrote: > TCP I'm not talking about the networking protocol. I'm talking about the data protocol used at the application level - the RCP Broker message structure itself. The VA docs make it clear that RPC Broker communication details were meant to be hidden to all software clients that are not a) another VistA server, or b) Delphi clients or c) internal VistA and/or operating system processes. Again, It's a smart move on the VA's part because it gives the development team quality control on client communications. And in all fairness the the need for non-VA people to write other types of clients may not have been a high enough priority so far. In any case the exact details of RPC Broker messages are a mystery to those outside the RPC Broker development team. See the "RPC Broker Systems Manual," v-1.1, page 2-17: "RPC BROKER MESSAGE STRUCTURE" - partly reads as follows: The basic RPC Broker merssage structure consists of the following: * A header portion (which includes the name of the remote procedure call). * The body of the message (which includes descriptors, length computations, and M parameter data). Also, look in the "RPC Broker Technical Manual," Version 1.1; Patch XWB*1.1*40 (Page 13-2): "INTERFACES" No *non*-VA products are embedded in or required by the RPC Broker software, other than those provided by the underlying operating systems. (emphasis theirs) Richard Schilling > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard > Schilling > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 4:51 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] new Java client for VistA. > > Nancy Anthracite wrote: > >>You mentioned the Broker documentation, and I know you are not referring > > to > >>this particular documentation, but I was poking around the Broker > > components > >>while attempting to use Delphi a few months back and the Help files with > > them > >>were really wonderful. It was like a friend was right there trying to > > help > >>me out and was doing a bang up job of it. > > > From the end user standpoint and delphi developer standpoint it's > great. No question. But I haven't seen any documentation yet on the > actual protocol used on the wire yet. Have you run across this? > > Richard Schilling > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
