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Messaging

Inter-Application Messaging

The details of messaging are depicted under Process Management::BApplication.

Drag-and-drop

Methods

Messaging with the app_server is not done using BMessages because of the overhead required to send them costs time and speed. Instead, ports are utilized indirectly by means of the PortLink class, which simply makes attaching data to a port message easier, but requires very little overhead.