| Index |
| Index |
| Examples |
| 3-1 |
Performing an Iterative Calculation with a Spawned Subprocess |
| 3-2 |
Opening a Mailbox |
| 3-3 |
Synchronous I/O Using a Mailbox |
| 3-4 |
Immediate I/O Using a Mailbox |
| 3-5 |
Asynchronous I/O Using a Mailbox |
| 4-1 |
Obtaining Different Types of Process Information |
| 4-2 |
Using SYS$GETJPI to Obtain Calling Process Information |
| 4-3 |
Obtaining the Process Name |
| 4-4 |
Using SYS$GETJPI and the Process Name to Obtain Information About a Process |
| 4-5 |
Using SYS$GETJPI to Request Information About All Processes on the Local System |
| 4-6 |
Using SYS$GETJPI and SYS$PROCESS_SCAN to Select Process Information by User Name |
| 4-7 |
Using SYS$GETJPI and SYS$PROCESS_SCAN with Multiple Values for One Criterion |
| 4-8 |
Selecting Processes That Match Multiple Criteria |
| 4-9 |
Searching the Cluster for Process Information |
| 4-10 |
Searching for Process Information on Specific Nodes in the Cluster |
| 4-11 |
Using a SYS$GETJPI Buffer to Improve Performance |
| 4-12 |
Using SYS$GETJPI Control Flags to Avoid Swapping a Process into the Balance Set |
| 4-13 |
Procedure for Obtaining Process Lock Information |
| 4-14 |
Executing a Program Using Delta Time |
| 4-15 |
Executing a Program at Timed Intervals |
| 7-1 |
Requesting a Null Lock |
| 8-1 |
Calling the SYS$SETIMR System Service |
| 14-1 |
Monitoring Heap Operations with a User-Defined Zone |
| 15-1 |
OpenVMS Debugger Output from SET OUTPUT LOG Command |
| 20-1 |
Example of SYS$SYNCH System Service in FORTRAN |
| 20-2 |
System Service Call in Ada |
| 20-3 |
System Service Call in BASIC |
| 20-4 |
System Service Call in BLISS |
| 20-5 |
System Service Call in C |
| 20-6 |
System Service Call in COBOL |
| 20-7 |
System Service Call in FORTRAN |
| 20-8 |
System Service Call in Pascal |
| 20-9 |
System Service Call in VAX MACRO |
| 22-1 |
Reading a Line of Data |
| 22-2 |
Reading a Varying Number of Input Records |
| 22-3 |
Associating a Pasteboard with a Terminal |
| 22-4 |
Creating a Pasteboard |
| 22-5 |
Modifying Screen Dimensions and Background Color |
| 22-6 |
Defining and Pasting a Virtual Display |
| 22-7 |
Scrolling Forward Through a Display |
| 22-8 |
Scrolling Backward Through a Display |
| 22-9 |
Creating a Statistics Display |
| 22-10 |
Reading Data from a Virtual Keyboard |
| 22-11 |
Reading Data from the Keypad |
| 22-12 |
Redefining Keys |
| 22-13 |
Using Interrupts to Perform I/O |
| 22-14 |
Receiving Unsolicited Input from a Virtual Keyboard |
| 22-15 |
Trapping Broadcast Messages |
| 23-1 |
Event Flags |
| 23-2 |
AST Routine |
| 23-3 |
I/O Status Block |
| 23-4 |
Reading Data from the Terminal Synchronously |
| 23-5 |
Reading Data from the Terminal Asynchronously |
| 23-6 |
Writing Character Data to a Terminal |
| 23-7 |
Using SYS$GETDVIW to Verify the Device Name |
| 23-8 |
Disabling the HOSTSYNC Terminal Characteristic |
| 26-1 |
Interprocess Communication Using Global Sections |
| 27-1 |
Calculating and Displaying the Time |
| 27-2 |
Setting an Event Flag |
| 27-3 |
Specifying an AST Service Routine |
| 27-4 |
Displaying and Writing Timer Statistics |
| 28-1 |
Mapping a Data File to the Common Block on a VAX System |
| 28-2 |
Mapping a Data File to the Common Block on an Alpha System |
| 28-3 |
Using a User-Open Routine |
| 28-4 |
Closing a Mapped File |
| 28-5 |
Creating a Sequential File of Fixed-Length Records |
| 28-6 |
Updating a Sequential File |
| 31-1 |
Sample Dispatching Routine |
| 31-2 |
Assigning Values to a PLV on a VAX System |
| 31-3 |
Creating a PLV on Alpha and I64 Systems |
| 31-4 |
Declaring Universal Symbols for Privileged Shareable Image on Alpha and I64 Systems |
| D-1 |
Using Keywords with the$ name_S Macro |
| D-2 |
Specifying Arguments in Positional Order with the$ name_S Macro |
| D-3 |
Using Keywords with the$ name Macro |
| D-4 |
Specifying Arguments in Positional Order with the$ name Macro |
| Figures |
| 4-1 |
Image Exit and Process Deletion |
| 7-1 |
Model Database |
| 7-2 |
Three Lock Queues |
| 7-3 |
Deadlock |
| 7-4 |
Lock Status Block |
| 9-1 |
SS$_HPARITH Exception Signal Array |
| 9-2 |
SS$_ALIGN Exception Signal Array |
| 9-3 |
Format of a Condition Value |
| 9-4 |
Searching the Stack for a Condition Handler |
| 9-5 |
Sample Stack Scan for Condition Handlers |
| 9-6 |
Format of the Signal Argument Vector |
| 9-7 |
Signal Argument Vector for the Reserved Operand Error Conditions |
| 9-8 |
Signal Argument Vector for RTL Mathematics Routine Errors |
| 9-9 |
Format of a VAX Mechanism Argument Vector |
| 9-10 |
Mechanism Array on Alpha Systems |
| 9-11 |
I64 Mechanism Vector Format |
| 9-12 |
Stack After Second Exception Condition Is Signaled |
| 9-13 |
Interaction Between Handlers and Default Handlers |
| 9-14 |
Unwinding the Call Stack |
| 9-15 |
Formats of Message Sequences |
| 9-16 |
Using a Condition Handler to Log an Error Message |
| 9-17 |
Structure of an Exit Handler |
| 10-1 |
32-Bit Virtual Address Space Layout |
| 10-2 |
64-Bit Virtual Address Space Layout |
| 11-1 |
General Format of a 32-Bit Descriptor |
| 11-2 |
General Format of a 64-Bit Descriptor |
| 11-3 |
Item_list_2 Format |
| 11-4 |
Item_list_3 Format |
| 11-5 |
Item_list_64a Format |
| 11-6 |
Item_list_64b Format |
| 11-7 |
item_list_64a |
| 11-8 |
item_list_64b |
| 13-1 |
Virtual Address Overview on VAX Systems |
| 13-2 |
Layout of VAX Process Virtual Address Space |
| 13-3 |
Physical Address Space for VAX Systems with XPA |
| 13-4 |
Virtual Address Space for VAX Systems with XVA |
| 13-5 |
Hierarchy of VAX Memory Management Routines |
| 14-1 |
Memory Fragmentation |
| 14-2 |
Boundary Tags |
| 15-1 |
Aligned and Unaligned Structures |
| 15-2 |
Alignment Using VAX C Compiler |
| 15-3 |
Alignment Using HP C Compiler |
| 18-1 |
Call Frame Generated by CALLG and CALLS Instructions |
| 18-2 |
Fixed-Size Stack Frame Format |
| 18-3 |
Variable-Size Stack Frame Format |
| 18-4 |
Procedure Frame |
| 18-5 |
Operation of the Register Stack |
| 18-6 |
Structure of a VAX Argument List |
| 18-7 |
Alpha Argument List Format |
| 18-8 |
Argument Information (AI) Register (R25) Format |
| 18-9 |
Parameter Passing in Registers and Memory |
| 18-10 |
Alpha Procedure Argument-Passing Mechanisms |
| 18-11 |
VAX Procedure Argument-Passing Mechanisms |
| 18-12 |
Argument Information Register Representation |
| 18-13 |
Atomic Data Types and Descriptor Classes |
| 18-14 |
String Data Types and Descriptor Classes |
| 18-15 |
Miscellaneous Data Types and Descriptor Classes |
| 18-16 |
Condition Value Format |
| 19-1 |
Calling the Run-Time Library |
| 22-1 |
Defining and Pasting Virtual Displays |
| 22-2 |
Moving a Virtual Display |
| 22-3 |
Repasting a Virtual Display |
| 22-4 |
Popping a Virtual Display |
| 22-5 |
Statistics Display |
| 23-1 |
Mailbox Protection Fields |
| 23-2 |
Physical I/O Access Checks |
| 23-3 |
Logical I/O Access Checks |
| 23-4 |
Physical, Logical, and Virtual I/O |
| 23-5 |
I/O Function Format |
| 23-6 |
Function Modifier Format |
| 23-7 |
I/O Status Block |
| 23-8 |
SYS$MOUNT Item Descriptor |
| 24-1 |
Format of a Variable-Length Bit Field |
| 25-1 |
Using Cross-Reference Routines |
| 25-2 |
Summary of Symbol Names and Values |
| 25-3 |
Summary of Symbol Names, Values, and Name of Referring Modules |
| 25-4 |
Summary Indicating Defining Module |
| 25-5 |
Output Line for LIB$CRF_OUTPUT |
| 27-1 |
Predefined Output Date Formats |
| 27-2 |
Predefined Output Time Formats |
| 30-1 |
Participants in a Distributed Transaction |
| 30-2 |
XA Veneer Example |
| 30-3 |
XA Gateway Example |
| 30-4 |
TX Wrapper Example |
| 31-1 |
Flow of Control Accessing a Privileged Routine on VAX Systems |
| 31-2 |
Components of the Privileged Library Vector on VAX Systems |
| 31-3 |
Linkage for a Privileged Routine After Image Activation |
| 32-1 |
ID Format |
| 32-2 |
UIC Identifier Format |
| 32-3 |
Facility-Specific Identifiers |
| 32-4 |
Format of the Identifier Record |
| 32-5 |
Format of the Holder Record |
| 32-6 |
Format of the Holder Argument |
| 32-7 |
Previous Per-Thread Security Model |
| 32-8 |
Per-Thread Security Profile Model |
| 33-1 |
SYS$ACM [W] Overview |
| 33-2 |
Item List Chain |
| 33-3 |
Itemset Layout |
| 33-4 |
Nondialogue Mode Operation |
| 33-5 |
Dialogue Mode |
| 35-1 |
Sequence of Events During Image Initialization on VAX Systems |
| 35-2 |
Sequence of Events During Image Initialization on Alpha and I64 Systems |
