IPC (interprocess communication) library for pw3270.

Created originally as part of PW3270 application this library is designed to act as a standard ABI for lib320 and pw3270 language bindings using the same objects for direct lib3270 calls and IPC based requests to the pw3270 GUI application. It's beeing used on libhllapi and pw3270's python library.

Instalation

Linux

Windows

The MSVC and MinGW libraries for windows can be found on Releases

Building for Linux

Requirements

• lib3270

Building

• TODO

Building for windows

Cross-compiling on SuSE Linux (Native or WSL)

1. Add the MinGW Repositories

   sudo zypper ar obs://windows:mingw:win32 mingw32
   sudo zypper ar obs://windows:mingw:win64 mingw64
   sudo zypper ar obs://home:PerryWerneck:pw3270 pw3270
   sudo zypper ref
   

2. Get sources from git

   git clone https://github.com/PerryWerneck/libipc3270.git ./libipc3270

3. Install 64 bits cross compilers

   ./libipc3270/win/install-cross.sh --64

4. Configure 64 bits build environment

    ```shell
    ./libipc3270/win/win-configure.sh --64
    ```
   

5. Build

   cd libipc3270
   make clean
   make all

Windows native with MSYS2

1. Build and install lib3270

2. Get sources from git

   git clone https://github.com/PerryWerneck/libipc3270.git ./libipc3270

3. Build library using the mingw shell

   cd libipc3270
   ./autogen.sh
   make all

4. Install

   make install

Windows native with MSVC (untested)

1. Install pw3270 with sdk modules

2. Install git for windows

3. Download and install Visual Studio Build Tools

4. Get sources from git

   git clone https://github.com/PerryWerneck/libipc3270.git ./ipc3270

5. Build and install

   cd ipc3270
   install.bat