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diff --git a/mDNSResponder/mDNSWindows/README.txt b/mDNSResponder/mDNSWindows/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8d8ab4bf --- /dev/null +++ b/mDNSResponder/mDNSWindows/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +This directory contains support files for running mDNS on Microsoft Windows +and Windows CE/PocketPC. Building this code requires the Windows SDK 2003 +or later. The CodeWarrior builds require CodeWarrior 8 or later and if using +CodeWarrior 8, the newer Windows headers from the Mac CodeWarrior 9 need to +be used. + +mDNSWin32.c/.h + + Platform Support files that go below mDNS Core. These work on both Windows + and Windows CE/PocketPC. + +DNSSD.c/.h + + High-level implementation of the DNS-SD API. This supports both "direct" + (compiled-in mDNSCore) and "client" (IPC to service) usage. Conditionals + can exclude either "direct" or "client" to reduce code size. + +DNSSDDirect.c/.h + + Portable implementation of the DNS-SD API. This interacts with mDNSCore + to perform all the real work of the DNS-SD API. This code does not rely + on any platform-specifics so it should run on any platform with an mDNS + platform plugin available. Software that cannot or does not want to use + the IPC mechanism (e.g. Windows CE, VxWorks, etc.) can use this code + directly without any of the IPC pieces. + +RMxClient.c/.h + + Client-side implementation of the DNS-SD IPC API. This handles sending + and receiving messages from the service to perform DNS-SD operations + and get DNS-SD responses. + +RMxCommon.c/.h + + Common code between the RMxClient and RMxServer. This handles establishing + and accepting connections, the underying message sending and receiving, + portable data packing and unpacking, and shared utility routines. + +RMxServer.c/.h + + Server-side implementation of the DNS-SD IPC API. This listens for + and accepts connections from IPC clients, starts server sessions, and + acts as a mediator between the "direct" (compiled-in mDNSCore) code + and the IPC client. + +DNSServices is an obsolete higher-level API for using mDNS. New code should +use the DNS-SD APIs. + +DNSServiceDiscovery is an obsolete emulation layer that sits on top of +DNSServices and provides the Mac OS X DNS Service Discovery API's on any +platform. New code should use the DNS-SD APIs. + +Tool.c is an example client that uses the services of mDNS Core. + +ToolWin32.mcp is a CodeWarrior project (CodeWarrior for Windows version 8). +ToolWin32.vcproj is a Visual Studio .NET 7 project. These projects build +Tool.c to make DNSServiceTest.exe, a small Windows command-line tool to do all +the standard DNS-SD stuff on Windows. It has the following features: + +- Browse for browsing and/or registration domains. +- Browse for services. +- Lookup Service Instances. +- Register domains for browsing and/or registration. +- Register services. + +For example, if you have a Windows machine running a Web server, +then you can make it advertise that it is offering HTTP on port 80 +with the following command: + +DNSServiceTest -rs "Windows Web Server" "_http._tcp." "local." 80 "" + +To search for AFP servers, use this: + +DNSServiceTest -bs "_afpovertcp._tcp." "local." + +You can also do multiple things at once (e.g. register a service and +browse for it so one instance of the app can be used for testing). +Multiple instances can also be run on the same machine to discover each +other. There is a -help command to show all the commands, their +parameters, and some examples of using it. + +DNSServiceBrowser contains the source code for a graphical browser application +for Windows CE/PocketPC. The Windows CE/PocketPC version requires Microsoft +eMbedded C++ 4.0 with SP2 installed and the PocketPC 2003 SDK. + |