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Re: [ECS] Sending commands to ECS from command line... Dan Hoehnen Fri, 23 Jul 1999 21:22:22 -0400 (EDT)

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Well, I'm not using Perl, but I do use DDE to talk to ECS from ACE (a 
program I wrote using Visual Basic).  If you have general enough 
questions about how to send a command to ecs or the format then I can 
probably help.  But, I don't know Perl.  I used ddecln.c to figure out 
what to send to ecs.  

ACE can read commands from text files and send them to ecs.  This might 
do what you want.  I'll be glad to help you work out the comm link 
in your own program and/or provide you with some VB source if that will 
help.  


On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Scott Reston wrote:

> i've been setting up my in-house web server and have been thinking about how to interact
with ECS through a web client. i'm not much of a programmer, but i 
> can hack my way around perl enough to be dangerous. i was looking over the DDEcln.c
file included with ECS and i get the impression that if compiled, i could 
> run this program with a DDE argument and have the command sent to ECS. am i right
here? it looks, however, like the program is missing some pieces 
> (mentioned in the header for the file) that would prevent me from being able to use
this. 
> 
> has anyone out there created a compiled version of this or something like it? is anyone
talking to ECS via Perl directly?
> 
> thanks!
> 
> 
> scott reston
> ih8gates@concentric.net
> http://www.indelible-blue.com/meetib/scott/
> 
> 
> 
> 

Dan Hoehnen                            
dhoehnen@infinet.com                   
He who dies with the most toys, wins! 
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