C Programmer’s Checklist

When using the group facility, see also Programmer’s Checklist Addenda for Groups.

Environment

Use the setup script in the samples directory to set environment variables.

Code

Include the header file ftl.h (which in turn includes other header files).

Compile

Compile programs with an ANSI-compliant C compiler.

Use the compiler flags in the Makefile in the samples/src/c directory.

Link

On UNIX platforms, use the linker flags -ltib -ltibutil.

On Windows platforms, link the corresponding C library files, tib.lib and tibutil.lib.

Run

On Windows platforms, the PATH variable must include the bin directory to use the TIBCO FTL DLL files.

On UNIX platforms, the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable must include the lib directory to use the TIBCO FTL library files.

Ensure that the TIBCO FTL realm server is running, and that each client process can connect to it.