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In <d9mikael.717805320@dtek.chalmers.se> Mikael Wahlgren writes:
>How do I write my OS/2 programs to be binary compatible with both the IBM
>(Lan Server) NetBIOS and Novell (OS/2 Requester) NetBIOS?  I have written
>a NetBIOS application for IBM Lan Server, but when running Novell, it
>(naturally) can't find the ACS DLL's.  I suppose I will need the NETAPI.DLL
>from Novell instead?  But how do I do to get the compiled code run at both
>systems?
>
>Mikael Wahlgren
>

Mikael,
I think that the best thing for you to do is to write your own NetBIOS
DLL, which converts from your own "generic" NetBIOS calls to either of
IBM's or Novell's. You'd have to write and deliver two versions of this
DLL, and the user would have to plug in the one fitting his environment
before using your application. This way your app becomes independent of
the underlying NetBIOS software, and if another NetBIOS emerges, all you'd
have to do is to write another version of your own DLL.

Just my 10 ore (now-obsolete Swedish coin :-)...

Peter
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