You can link OpenEdge and non-OpenEdge processes using Windows named pipes, just as you can using UNIX named pipes. The resulting application consists of:

• A 32-bit OpenEdge Windows client running an ABL application in the background
• A non-OpenEdge program

The OpenEdge program reads, writes, and closes one or more Windows named pipes. The non-OpenEdge program creates, connects, reads, writes, and closes the named pipe or pipes.