>>2. Since CreateNamedPipe is only available on Server >>versions of Windows, we need a way to avoid running the >>test on non-server versions. Er, I suppose checking for >>the presence of CreateNamedPipe would be the way to go :-) >>I at first tried detecting the Windows version, but that's far too hairy. >Are you sure CreateNamedPipe is only available on Server versions of Windows? >Seems to be there in Windows 2000 Professional...
I'm quite sure it's on a lot of Windows as we use this for our communication. At least since NT4. <MSDN> Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later. Windows: Unsupported. Windows CE: Unsupported. Header: Declared in winbase.h. Import Library: Use kernel32.lib. Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions on Windows NT. </MSDN> bye Fabi
