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@@ -5,23 +5,23 @@ '\" 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 1.17 2004/11/25 11:28:22 dkf Exp $ -'\" +.TH dde n 1.4 dde "Tcl Bundled Packages" .so man.macros -.TH dde n 1.3 dde "Tcl Bundled Packages" .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME dde \- Execute a Dynamic Data Exchange command .SH SYNOPSIS .sp -\fBpackage require dde 1.3\fR +\fBpackage require dde 1.4\fR .sp -\fBdde servername\fR ?\fB-force\fR? ?\fB-handler \fIproc\fR? ?\fB--\fR? ?\fItopic\fR? +\fBdde servername\fR ?\fB\-force\fR? ?\fB\-handler \fIproc\fR? ?\fB\-\|\-\fR? ?\fItopic\fR? .sp -\fBdde execute\fR ?\fB\-async\fR? \fIservice topic data\fR +.VS 8.6 +\fBdde execute\fR ?\fB\-async\fR? ?\fB\-binary\fR? \fIservice topic data\fR .sp -\fBdde poke\fR \fIservice topic item data\fR +\fBdde poke\fR ?\fB\-binary\fR? \fIservice topic item data\fR +.VE 8.6 .sp \fBdde request\fR ?\fB\-binary\fR? \fIservice topic item\fR .sp @@ -47,24 +47,32 @@ has the service name \fBExcel\fR. The following commands are a subset of the full Dynamic Data Exchange set of commands. .TP -\fBdde servername \fR?\fB-force\fR? ?\fB-handler \fIproc\fR? ?\fB--\fR? ?\fItopic\fR? +\fBdde servername \fR?\fB\-force\fR? ?\fB\-handler \fIproc\fR? ?\fB\-\|\-\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. 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 +suffix of the form +.QW " #2" +or +.QW " #3" +is appended to the name to make it unique. The command's result will be the name actually used. The -\fB-force\fR option is used to force registration of precisely the +\fB\-force\fR option is used to force registration of precisely the given \fItopic\fR name. -.IP -The \fB-handler\fR option specifies a Tcl procedure that will be called to +.RS +.PP +The \fB\-handler\fR option specifies a Tcl procedure that will be called to process calls to the dde server. If the package has been loaded into a -safe interpreter then a \fB-handler\fR procedure must be defined. The +safe interpreter then a \fB\-handler\fR procedure must be defined. The procedure is called with all the arguments provided by the remote call. +.RE .TP -\fBdde execute\fR ?\fB\-async\fR? \fIservice topic data\fR +\fBdde execute\fR ?\fB\-async\fR? ?\fB\-binary\fR? \fIservice topic data\fR +. \fBdde execute\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 @@ -74,8 +82,16 @@ script is run in the application. The \fB\-async\fR option requests asynchronous invocation. The command returns an error message if the script did not run, unless the \fB\-async\fR flag was used, in which case the command returns immediately with no error. +.VS 8.6 +Without the \fB\-binary\fR option all data will be sent in unicode. For +dde clients which don't implement the CF_UNICODE clipboard format, this +will automatically be translated to the system encoding. You can use +the \fB\-binary\fR option in combination with the result of +\fBencoding convertto\fR to send data in any other encoding. +.VE 8.6 .TP -\fBdde poke \fIservice topic item data\fR +\fBdde poke\fR ?\fB\-binary\fR? \fIservice topic item data\fR +. \fBdde poke\fR passes the \fIdata\fR to the server indicated by \fIservice\fR using the \fItopic\fR and \fIitem\fR specified. Typically, \fIservice\fR is the name of an application. \fItopic\fR is application @@ -83,8 +99,16 @@ specific but can be a command to the server or the name of a file to work on. The \fIitem\fR is also application specific and is often not used, but it must always be non-null. The \fIdata\fR field is given to the remote application. +.VS 8.6 +Without the \fB\-binary\fR option all data will be sent in unicode. For +dde clients which don't implement the CF_UNICODE clipboard format, this +will automatically be translated to the system encoding. You can use +the \fB\-binary\fR option in combination with the result of +\fBencoding convertto\fR to send data in any other encoding. +.VE 8.6 .TP \fBdde request\fR ?\fB\-binary\fR? \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 Microsoft Word. \fIservice\fR is typically the name of an application, @@ -95,6 +119,7 @@ string with terminating null. If \fB\-binary\fR is specified, the result is returned as a byte array. .TP \fBdde services \fIservice topic\fR +. \fBdde services\fR returns a list of service-topic pairs that currently exist on the machine. If \fIservice\fR and \fItopic\fR are both empty strings ({}), then all service-topic pairs currently @@ -106,6 +131,7 @@ service-topic pair currently exists, it is returned; otherwise, an empty string is returned. .TP \fBdde eval\fR ?\fB\-async\fR? \fItopic cmd \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR? +. \fBdde eval\fR evaluates a command and its arguments using the interpreter specified by \fItopic\fR. The DDE service must be the \fBTclEval\fR service. The \fB\-async\fR option requests asynchronous invocation. The @@ -113,6 +139,7 @@ command returns an error message if the script did not run, unless the \fB\-async\fR flag was used, in which case the command returns immediately with no error. This command can be used to replace send on Windows. .SH "DDE AND TCL" +.PP A Tcl interpreter always has a service name of \fBTclEval\fR. Each different interpreter of all running Tcl applications must be given a unique @@ -134,7 +161,7 @@ unpredictable results. .PP An external application which wishes to run a script in Tcl should have that script store its result in a variable, run the \fBdde execute\fR -command, and the run \fBdde request\fR to get the value of the +command, and then run \fBdde request\fR to get the value of the variable. .PP When using DDE, be careful to ensure that the event queue is flushed @@ -145,15 +172,18 @@ If for any reason the event queue is not flushed, DDE commands may hang until the event queue is flushed. This can create a deadlock situation. .SH EXAMPLE +.PP This asks Internet Explorer (which must already be running) to go to a particularly important website: +.PP .CS package require dde -\fBdde execute\fR iexplore WWW_OpenURL http://www.tcl.tk/ +\fBdde execute\fR -async iexplore WWW_OpenURL http://www.tcl.tk/ .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" tk(n), winfo(n), send(n) - .SH KEYWORDS application, dde, name, remote execution +'\"Local Variables: +'\"mode: nroff +'\"End: |