Q50593: Using OS/2 LAN Manager Alerts

Article: Q50593
Product(s): Microsoft LAN Manager
Version(s): 1.0,1.1,2.0,2.1,2.1a,2.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile kbnetwork
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft LAN Manager, versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 2.1a, 2.2 
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This article describes the use of OS/2 LAN Manager alerts.

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Alerts can be a confusing subject. First, alerts function locally, not across
the network. When a NetAlertStart() is issued, an entry in a workstation memory
page is created. There are no entries made to the NetBios() table when an alert
is registered.

The source of most of the confusion is a server-level service called Alerter.
This function does a number of NetAlertStart()s for the alerts it will monitor
(admin, print, user). When an alert is generated on the server, the alerter
service receives the local message in the mailslot associated with the alert.
Based on the alert type, the information is reformatted as a message and
transmitted via the NetMessageBufferSend() call.

The Netpopup system is sort of a mirror image of the Alerter system. Netpopup
registers for MESSAGE alerts. When the Messenger service receives a message, it
raises the message alert and thus transfers the information to the Netpopup
subsystem.

In the Software/Data Library is a file named ALERTS that contains two source
programs, ALRTMON.C and ALRTRAIS.C. ALRTMON.C establishes an alert monitor and
ALRTRAIS.C raises an alert.

You can find ALERTS.EXE,
(http://support.microsoft.com/download/support/mslfiles/ALERTS.EXE,) a
self-extracting file, on the following services:

- Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet On the www.microsoft.com home
  page, click the Support icon. Click Knowledge Base, and select the product.
  Enter kbfile ALERTS.EXE, and click GO! Open the article, and click the button
  to download the file.

- Internet (anonymous FTP) ftp ftp.microsoft.com Change to the Softlib/Mslfiles
  folder. Get ALERTS.EXE

- Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) Dial (425) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
  Download ALERTS.EXE


For additional information about downloading, please see the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services


Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbfile kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbLanManSearch kbLanMan100 kbLanMan110 kbLanMan200 kbLanMan210 kbLanMan210a kbLanMan220
Version           : :1.0,1.1,2.0,2.1,2.1a,2.2

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