This category includes the following APIs:

Application - NetAppAdd
Application - NetAppDel
Application - NetAppEnum
Application - NetAppGetInfo
Application - NetAppSetInfo

Application APIs manage information about network applications. They are used with the NETCONS.H and DCDB.H header files.

There are two types of data associated with applications: fixed data and list data. Fixed data includes the name of the application, the command line used to invoke the application, its location (local or remote, alias or drive, and path), name of a working directory (if any) associated with the application, and so on.

List data consists of a set of 0 or more structures that the application requires. For example, an application might require a resource containing certain data files. Redirections to these resources are made when the application is invoked. The redirections are deleted when the application stops.

An application always has fixed data associated with it; it might or might not have list data associated with it.

There are four application types:

• Public DOS applications 
  Private DOS applications
  
  Public OS/2 applications
  
  Private OS/2 applications

  Program locations can be local or remote. If the location is local, the executable file used to start the application must be installed on each requester where it will run. If the location is remote, the application is stored on a server.

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