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Open a named pipe and start a thread to dispatch messages&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;balb&lowbar;pipecontrolchannel&period;h&gt;`

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template&lt;class STRING&lowbar;TYPE&gt;
int
start(STRING&lowbar;TYPE const& pipeName);
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== Description

Equivalent to `start(pipeName)` for a `STRING&lowbar;TYPE` pipe name&period;

== Return Value

0 on success, and a non&hyphen;zero value otherwise

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *pipeName*
| name of the named pipe to open
|===


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