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authorredman <redman>1999-06-26 22:41:52 (GMT)
committerredman <redman>1999-06-26 22:41:52 (GMT)
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Added poke command to dde.
Changed dde package version to 1.1 Fixed makefile to install tcl8.2 library correctly Fixed dll names in pkgIndex files for dde and reg
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: dde.n,v 1.2 1999/04/16 00:46:34 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: dde.n,v 1.3 1999/06/26 22:41:52 redman Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH dde n 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
dde \- Execute a Dynamic Data Exchange command
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
-\fBpackage require dde 1.0\fR
+\fBpackage require dde 1.1\fR
.sp
\fBdde \fIservername \fR?\fItopic\fR?
.sp
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ application. The command returns an error if the script did not
run. If the \fB\-async\fR flag was used, the command
returns immediately with no error.
.TP
+\fBdde poke \fIservice topic data\fR
+\fBdde poke\fR takes the \fIdata\fR and sends it to the server
+indicated by \fIservice\fR with the topic indicated by
+\fItopic\fR. Typically, \fIservice\fR is the name of an application,
+and \fItopic\fR is a file to work on. The \fIdata\fR field is given
+to the remote application.
+.TP
\fBdde request \fIservice topic item\fR
\fBdde request\fR is typically used to get the value of something; the
value of a cell in Microsoft Excel or the text of a selection in