execdde Version 1.02
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Copyright (C) 2002-2003, Ascher Stefan


Contents:
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  * License
  * Introduction
  * Commandline Arguments
  * Exit Codes
  * Compiling
  * Files
  

License:
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This Program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
Version 2 (the "GPL"), see the license.txt file for further informations.


Introduction:
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This is a small Commandline Tool to execute DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) commands.


Commandline Arguments
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usage: 
  execdde [-p <program> [-d <dir>]] [-o <timeout>] [-w <wait>] -s <server> [-t <topic>] -c <command1[...n]>

parameters:
  program : Program filename, e.g. acrord32.exe
  dir     : Workingdirectory for the program, e.g.
            D:\Programme\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader
  timeout : Timeout in ms, default 5000 (5 sec.)
  wait    : Time to wait between commands in ms (optional), default 0
  server  : The DDE server, e.g. "acroview"
  topic   : The topic, e.g. "control"
  commands: The commands to execute, e.g. [DocOpen("file.pdf")]

example:
   execdde -p acrord32.exe -s acroview -t control -c [DocOpen("file.pdf")] [FileOpen("file.pdf")]

If the server is not already running and a program filename is provided, it will
start it.

As ever, arguments containing spaces must be enclosed in quotes.


Exit Codes:
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0: No Error
1: No or wrong Arguments, No Commands or No Server
2: DdeInitialize failed
3: DdeConnect failed
4: DdeClientTransaction failed


Compiling:
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This program has been compiled successfully with VC++ 6, Borlands BCC 5.5 and
MinGW32/GCC 3.2, which has been used to compile the distributed program.

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Best wishes Stefan

stievie@utanet.at
http://web.utanet.at/ascherst/