METAMORPH API TOOLS

• Metamorph Application Program Interface Overview
  • Technical Description
  • Some Search Examples and Explanations
  • Potential Applications
• The Programmers' Interface Overview
  • The Metamorph 3 API Package
• Metamorph 3 API functions
  • openapicp, closeapicp - Metamorph API control parameters interface
  • APICP VARIABLE DEFINITIONS
  • Application Notes
    • openmmapi, closemmapi - Metamorph API initialization and cleanup
    • setmmapi - Metamorph API reinitialization
    • getmmapi - Metamorph API search routine
    • infommapi - Metamorph API hit information
    • rdmmapi - synchronized read
    • putmsg - handle a formatted message mmsgfh - FILE pointer for output mmsgfname - filename for output
    • putmsg() extensions: fixmmsgfh, closemmsgfh
    • putmsg() replacement
  • Query processing and Equivalence lookup
  • Equivalence editing callbacks
  • User equivalence file maintenance
  • Edit commands:
  • Reprogramming the Within Operator
• Low level Pattern Matchers
  • Low level Pattern Matching functions
• Windows Addendum
  • setmmsgfname - set the name of the message file
  • setmmsgfh - set the message file handle
  • setmmsg - set custom message handler function
• Overview
  • The Network Metamorph API
  • Network Metamorph API Data Types
  • A Beginner's Guide to URLs
    • File URLs
    • Thunderstone File URLs
    • Gopher URLs
    • News URLs
    • HTTP URLs
    • Partial URLs
    • Other URLs
• Metamorph and Texis common functions
  • n_getls, n_setls, n_putls - File name list manipulation functions
  • n_synchronous(), n_asynchronous() - Set server operational mode
  • n_reghitcb() - Register hit callback function
  • n_xpminfo(), n_freexpmi() - Hit information
  • openserver() , closeserver() , serveruser() , servergroup() , serverpass() - Connect and disconnect from service
  • n_setqry(), n_search(), n_closesrch() - Query handling functions
  • n_openrfile() n_closerfile() n_rread() n_rwrite() n_rseek() - Network file manipulation
  • urltype(), urlhost(), urlport(), urluser(), urlgroup(), urlpass(), urlfn(), urloffs(), urlrest() - URL parsing functions
• Metamorph specific functions
  • n_setXXX(), n_getXXX() - Set Metamorph control parameters