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Chapter 3 - Name-Binding Protocol (NBP) / NBP Reference

Routines

This section describes the NBP routines. The NBP routines allow you to

• create an NBP names table entry
• register an NBP names table entry with the NBP names directory
• put an existing NBP entity name into the structure that NBP requires for you to look up, confirm, or remove an existing registered entity name
• look up the address of a network entity based on its NBP name
• read a name and address from a list of pairs that NBP returns
• confirm that a name and address pair is registered with NBP
• remove a registered name from the NBP names directory
• cancel an NBP request

An arrow preceding a parameter indicates whether the parameter is an input parameter, an output parameter, or both:

Arrow	Meaning
-->	Input
<--	Output
<->	Both

You can use the PGetAppleTalkInfo function to determine the maximum number of concurrent NBP requests that the .MPP driver installed on the system that is running your process supports. See the chapter "AppleTalk Utilities" for information on the PGetAppleTalkInfo function.

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Subtopics

Registering an Entity

Handling Name and Address Requests