Binding Time-out Constants

The RPC library uses the binding time-out constants to specify the relative amount of time that should be spent to establish a binding to the server before giving up. The timeout can be enabled with a call to the RpcMgmtSetComTimeout function. The following list contains the valid time-out values.

Constant/value	Description
RPC_C_BINDING_INFINITE_TIMEOUT 10	Keeps trying to establish communications forever.
RPC_C_BINDING_MIN_TIMEOUT 0	Tries the minimum amount of time for the network protocol being used. This value favors response time over correctness in determining whether the server is running.
RPC_C_BINDING_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 5	Tries an average amount of time for the network protocol being used. This value gives correctness in determining whether a server is running and gives response time equal weight. This is the default value.
RPC_C_BINDING_MAX_TIMEOUT 9	Tries the longest amount of time for the network protocol being used. This value favors correctness in determining whether a server is running over response time.

Remarks

The values in the preceding table are not in seconds. These values represent a relative amount of time on a scale of zero to 10. For more information on avoiding communication delays, refer to Preventing Client-side Hangs.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header	Rpcdce.h