Porting a Unix RPC application to Windows

The Distinct RPC Toolkits allow you to program new sophisticated client server Windows applications or to port the front end of your existing ONC RPC client server solutions to your Windows workstations while preserving your investments in Unix and other platforms.

Based on industry standards

The Distinct ONC RPC / XDR Toolkits are based on the industry standards specifications for ONC RPC / XDR (Remote Procedure Calls / External Data Representation) defined by Sun Microsystems and widely available on many platforms.

Sun ONC RPC in a nutshell

Sun ONC RPC provides an advanced client/server programming environment that is easy to use, allowing you to build applications that execute procedures on other network computers without having to deal with the fact that the procedures are not executed locally. ONC RPC provides a mechanism whereby one process (the "client" process) can have another process (the "server" process) execute a procedure call as if it was a subroutine on the local system.

Save on your development costs

The Distinct ONC RPC / XDR Toolkits for Java, C and C++, .NET are the complete solution for faster-to-market client/server applications. These toolkits encompass years of RPC development and knowledge and are extremely well market tested. Of course, you can build your own libraries, but for the professional developer time is money, and building robust RPC libraries from scratch is a lot of money! Your application must be written, debugged and tested. That is a lot of time. So why reinvent the wheel when you can license the Distinct RPC libraries for a fraction of the cost it would take you to implement them yourself? Distinct RPC is well market tested and available now. You can concentrate on your part of the project and deliver on schedule, confident that the RPC engine you are using will withstand the test.

Live support when needed

When it comes to ONC RPC, Distinct is the only company that provides live phone support when needed. Our presales engineers will help you assess which product will best meet your specific needs and our post sales engineers will speak with you when needed. With Distinct, you get your support right at the source. You do not have to post your questions to anonymous newsgroups, hoping to get your answer. Just post your questions to our support team and they will help you get the best value out of your investment.
Licensees of Noblenet seeking support for their RPC products may upgrade their RPC licenses to Distinct and get technical support from Distinct.

Distinct offers ONC RPC for the following platforms: 

• Distinct ONC RPC / XDR Toolkit for C and C++ which has been optimized for developers writing RPC applications to run in the Microsoft Windows environment.
• Distinct ONC RPC / XDR Toolkit for C and C++ for IPv6. This toolkit adds IPv6 support.
• Distinct ONC RPC/XDR Toolkit 64-bit for Windows x64 
• Distinct ONC RPC / XDR Toolkit for Java for developers that requires a platform independent implementation.  The later includes support for Secure RPC by implementing DES Authentication, XML RPC extensions to turn an ONC RPC server into a web service and it is 100% pure Java certified by Sun Microsystems so you can write your code once and deploy it anywhere.
• Distinct ONC RPC / XDR Toolkit for .NET, a set of tools and libraries that enables you to write pure .NET RPC clients and servers in C# and other languages including Visual Basic.

Distinct IntelliTerm(TN3270 and TN5250 Terminal Emulator)

Distinct IntelliTerm for TN3270 (Telnet 3270) and TN5250 (Telnet 5250) is a Windows terminal emulator that allows you to access data on diverse corporate information servers such as IBM mainframes, IBM AS400, UNIX and VAX systems from a single application. It includes full featured terminal emulation for TN3270E, TN3270 for Type 3278 and 3279, with support for 3179G, 3192G, 3472G and 3279 S3G graphics, TN5250 and VT220 through VT420. Distinct IntelliTerm operates over the Telnet protocol running over TCP/IP, an area in which Distinct is a market leader. Distinct IntelliTerm integrates related utilities such as multi-connect FTP with SOCKS firewall proxy support, print server support with LPD and 3287 printing support, substantially reducing your training and support cost.

Distinct Network Monitor

Distinct Network Monitor is an essential utility in every network administrator's and software developer's toolbox. It is a must for both software developers who write applications that will work over a network as well as for MIS personnel who are trying to diagnose network related problems and network bottlenecks. With its enhanced statistics module, Report Builder, Network Monitor is now able to give detailed reports on network usage by specific systems.

Distinct Intranet Servers(FTP Server, TFTP, LPD and BOOTP)

Distinct Intranet Servers, which includes FTP Server, TFTP, LPD, and BOOTP bring quality server power to your network with no additional hardware investment. These servers allow you to make use of your PCs to share important services among your users. You can exchange files with the advanced Distinct FTP Server, share printers with LPD, facilitate network configuration with BOOTP and more. All these servers have an administrator login feature to protect your network setup from internal hackers.

Distinct Visual Internet Toolkit(VT220 Control Toolkit)

Windows ActiveX components for FTP Client, FTP Server, VT220 emulation and Windows Sockets

The Distinct Visual Internet Toolkit is the complete solution for faster-to-market Intranet and Internet applications. Distinct has assembled a key set of reusable software components, in the form of DLLs and COM Objects, to dynamically incorporate into your applications. This toolkit features more TCP/IP protocols than any other competing product, so you can let us handle the "how to" of the protocols while you devote more time and more brainpower to your core development.