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authordkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk>2004-06-21 14:06:37 (GMT)
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: send.n,v 1.3 1999/04/16 01:51:09 stanton Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: send.n,v 1.4 2004/06/21 14:06:37 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH send n 4.0 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands"
@@ -91,6 +91,23 @@ such as that provide by \fBxauth\fR.
Under Windows, \fBsend\fR is currently disabled. Most of the
functionality is provided by the \fBdde\fR command instead.
.VE
+.SH EXAMPLE
+This script fragment can be used to make an application that only runs
+once on a particular display.
+.CS
+if {[tk appname FoobarApp] ne "FoobarApp"} {
+ \fBsend\fR -async FoobarApp RemoteStart $argv
+ exit
+}
+# The command that will be called remotely, which raises
+# the application main window and opens the requested files
+proc RemoteStart args {
+ raise .
+ foreach filename $args {
+ OpenFile $filename
+ }
+}
+.CE
.SH KEYWORDS
.VS
application, dde, name, remote execution, security, send