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Vitae
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Location: New York
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 Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:57 am
Questions on DDE
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Went thru the help files for #DDE and %ddeopen()
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| If you open a DDE connection with the %ddeopen(server,topic) function, then you do not need to specify the server and topic in the other functions. |
I set an alias to:
#ALIAS OpenDDE {%ddeopen( Firefox, WWW_OpenURL)}
and then I've set another to :
#ALIAS DoDDE {#DDE http://www.google.com}
So, i type OpenDDE, wait a little bit, then type DoDDE and nothing happens.
But yet
#ALIAS DoDDE2 {#DDE Firefox WWW_OpenURL http://www.google.com}
works perfectly fine.
#DDE {http://www.google.com} displays a syntax error because it's expecting the server topic part before it
#show %ddeopen() displays nothing, so I don't even know if it's open or not.
I've tried prefacing it with #noop and #execute and it don't work
Took a look at the %ddemacro
%ddemacro(server,topic,macro) does the same as this #DDE command and sends a DDE macro to the server.
Aliased
%ddemacro( Firefox, WWW_OpenURL, http://www.google.com)
displays a syntax error
%ddemacro( Firefox, WWW_OpenURL, http~:~/~/www.google.com)
doesn't do a dang thing
Aliased
%dde( Firefox, WWW_OpenURL, http~:~/~/www.google.com)
and it too does nothing
is #DDE Firefox WWW_OpenURL SITEHERE the only thing in the dde that works for sites? and if so, does the ddeopen not work with it for sites? |
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calesta
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Joined: 07 Dec 2008
Posts: 102
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:46 am
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#DDE is a command not a function, so my guess is that calling the %ddeopen function is probably not intended to make those arguments optional for the command since the doc only says it makes the parameters optional for the other dde functions.
The %ddeopen and %ddemacro functions work fine for me when I do the following:
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#call %ddeopen(Firefox,WWW_OpenURL)
#call %ddemacro(http://www.google.com) |
This also worked for me:
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| #call %ddemacro(Firefox,WWW_OpenURL,http://www.google.com) |
Not sure exactly how to retrieve data using %dde, so didn't test that one. |
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Vitae
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Joined: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 673
Location: New York
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:08 am
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meh
#ALIAS OpenDDE {#call %ddeopen(Firefox,WWW_OpenURL)}
#ALIAS DoDDE {#call %ddemacro(www.google.com)}
type opendde then dodde and a new firefox browser opens rather than tabs and it's not google, it's msn.com my homepage. |
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calesta
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Joined: 07 Dec 2008
Posts: 102
Location: New Hampshire, USA
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:31 am
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Sorry, edited my original post... I forgot to include the http:// when I transferred from zMUD to the forum. Without the http:// I get the behavior you describe where it opens a new firefox window and just goes to my homepage. With it, it is opening a new tab in my currently open instance of firefox and going to whatever URL I supply.
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Vitae
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Joined: 17 Jun 2005
Posts: 673
Location: New York
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:17 pm
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ah, works perfect with the http:// i hadn't thought of that :-)
#DDE does the same thing, but i just like to have as compact of a script as possible without having extra words over and over
thanks! |
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