🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi,

I'm trying to connect to a named pipe on XP (SP2) from
Win98.

When XP has the firewall activated the Win98 client
can't connect. Error:
"Network path not found" (translation from german...)

I know this is not a programming question but does
anyone know how I do configure the firewall such that
the client has access? I tried to select the client app in
the firewall configuration dialog but that doesn't change
anything.

If I deactivate the firewall I get the error:
"Access denied"

Here is the client code:

void __fastcall TForm2::Button1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
   const char* pipeName = "\\\\192.168.0.1\\pipe\\MyPipe";

   HANDLE pipe = CreateFile(
         pipeName,   // pipe name
         GENERIC_READ |  // read and write access
         GENERIC_WRITE,
         0,              // no sharing
         NULL,           // no security attributes
         OPEN_EXISTING,  // opens existing pipe
         0,
         NULL);

   Win32Check(pipe != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE);

   try
   {
      DWORD written;

      char* inBuf = "Hello";
      char outBuf[256];
      DWORD bufSize = strlen(inBuf);
      DWORD read;

      Win32Check(WriteFile(pipe, inBuf, bufSize, &written, NULL));

      Win32Check(ReadFile(pipe, outBuf, 255, &read, NULL));

      outBuf[read] = '\0';
      ShowMessage(outBuf);
   }
   __finally
   {
      Win32Check(CloseHandle(pipe));
   }
}


thanks for any idea,
Nick