DosWaitNmPipe

This call waits for the availability of a named pipe instance.

Syntax

DosWaitNmPipe (FileName, TimeOut)

Parameters

FileName (PSZ) - input

Address of the ASCIIZ name of the pipe to be opened. Pipes are name \PIPE\FileName.

TimeOut (ULONG) - input

Maximum time in milliseconds to wait for the named pipe to become available. When a zero value is used, the DosMakeNmPipe specified default value is used. When a minus one value is used, an indefinite wait is entered.

Return Code

rc (USHORT) - return

Return code descriptions are:

• 0 NO_ERROR
• 2 ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
• 95 ERROR_INTERRUPT
• 231 ERROR_PIPE_BUSY

Remarks

This call should be used only when ERROR_PIPE_BUSY is returned from a DosOpen call.

DosWaitNmPipe allows an application to wait for a server on a named pipe for which all instances are currently busy. The call waits up to TimeOut milliseconds (or a default time if TimeOut is zero).

When a pipe instance becomes available, it is given to the process whose thread has the highest priority. The priority of a thread may be changed with DosSetPrty.

Example Code

C Binding

#define INCL_DOSNMPIPES

USHORT  rc = DosWaitNmPipe(FileName, TimeOut);

PSZ              FileName;      /* Pipe name */
ULONG            TimeOut;       /* Maximum wait time */

USHORT           rc;            /* return code */

MASM Binding

EXTRN  DosWaitNmPipe:FAR
INCL_DOSNMPIPES     EQU 1

PUSH@  ASCIIZ  FileName      ;Pipe name
PUSH   DWORD   TimeOut       ;Maximum wait time
CALL   DosWaitNmPipe

Returns WORD