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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" 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 1.8 2002/06/27 22:29:08 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: dde.n,v 1.9 2003/05/16 22:00:47 patthoyts Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH dde n 1.2 dde "Tcl Bundled Packages" @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dde \- Execute a Dynamic Data Exchange command .sp \fBpackage require dde 1.2\fR .sp -\fBdde \fIservername\fR ?\fItopic\fR? +\fBdde \fIservername\fR ?\fI-exact\fR? ?\fI--\fR? ?\fItopic\fR? .sp \fBdde \fIexecute\fR ?\fI\-async\fR? \fIservice topic \fR?\fIdata\fR? .sp @@ -50,11 +50,16 @@ The \fBeval\fR and \fBexecute\fR commands accept the option \fB\-async\fR: The following commands are a subset of the full Dynamic Data Exchange set of commands. .TP -\fBdde servername \fR?\fItopic\fR? +\fBdde servername \fR?\fI-exact\fR? ?\fI--\fR? ?\fItopic\fR? \fBdde servername\fR registers the interpreter as a DDE server with the service name \fBTclEval\fR and the topic name specified by \fItopic\fR. If no \fItopic\fR is given, \fBdde servername\fR returns the name -of the current topic or the empty string if it is not registered as a service. +of the current topic or the empty string if it is not registered as a +service. If the given \fItopic\fR name is already in use, then a +suffix of the form ' #2' or ' #3' is appended to the name to make it +unique. The command's result will be the name actually used. The +\fI-exact\fR option is used to force registration of precisely the +given \fItopic\fR name. .TP \fBdde execute\fR ?\fI\-async\fR? \fIservice topic data\fR \fBdde execute\fR takes the \fIdata\fR and sends it to the server indicated |