C/C++ APIs overview

See the following topics for C/C++ APIs overview information.

API groups, header files, import libraries, and DLLs
Access interface definition files for all C/C++ API groups in the Programmer's Toolkit.
Programmer's Toolkit
Find header files and complete information to develop applications.
IBM i name formats for connection APIs
APIs that take an IBM i name as a parameter, accept the name in the three different formats.
OEM, ANSI, and Unicode considerations
Most of the C/C++ APIs that accept string parameters exist in three forms: OEM, ANSI, or Unicode.
Return codes and error messages
The C/C++ application programming interfaces (APIs) support the return of an integer return code on most functions. The return codes indicate how the function completed.

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