Re: NamedPipe conformance tests

[Fabian Cenedese]

> > - Since CreateNamedPipe is only available on Server
> >
> > versions of Windows, we need a way to avoid running the
> > test on non-server versions.   Er, I suppose checking for
> > the presence of CreateNamedPipe would be the way to go :-)
> > I at first tried detecting the Windows version, but that's far too hairy.
>
> Are you sure CreateNamedPipe is only available on Server versions of Windows?
> Seems to be there in Windows 2000 Professional...

I'm quite sure it's on a lot of Windows as we use this for our communication.
At least since NT4.

<MSDN>
  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Unsupported.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in winbase.h.
  Import Library: Use kernel32.lib.
  Unicode: Implemented as Unicode and ANSI versions on Windows NT.
</MSDN>

bye  Fabi