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Re: [ECS] Sending file through DDE link Dan Hoehnen Mon, 31 Aug 1998 11:15:04 -0400 (EDT)

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Michael,  you can set ace to look for the file every second, so there 
won't be too much delay in ecs creating the file and ace "seeing" it.  Is 
1 second too long of a delay?

dde was not meant to xfer files.  It was really meant to xfer small 
amounts of data.  I think that ace wants each command recieved via dde to 
be complete.  So, sending the command in 10 parts would not work.  
However, ace's serial parsing routine can handle a message that comes in 
pieces.  Just set the serial port up with some sort of termination 
character for each msg.  That way, ace will concatenate all data received 
fron teh port until the term char is received. 

I'm not sure if this helps or not, but I'm trying :)

What type of message are you trying to send to ace?  Maybe if I know this 
I can help more.

On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, Mark Gilmore wrote:

> Michael, you could use the SET/CHAR operator to fetch
> each char from the text-line and set a FILE item to
> those chars. Terminate the line by setting it to
> 13 (CR) & 10 (LF).
> 
> Michael David wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Dan!
> > 
> > That would work, except, I'd need to have it happen as soon as the file is
> > written, rather than waiting for ACE to "see" it.
> > 
> > Also, I'm not sure that I can even build the file in ECS.  Maybe some of the
> > folks here know.  What I need to do is create a file with a text line that
> > is up to 100 characters, which would be assembled together from smaller text
> > lines from text items within ECS. Anyone have any ideas on how to do this?
> > I think if I use the file item, each text line from a text item will be
> > written to it's own line.
> > 
> > Cheers!
> > 
> > Michael David
> > michael@michaeldavid.com
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   Dan Hoehnen [mailto:dhoehnen@infinet.com]
> > Sent:   Monday, August 31, 1998 8:47 AM
> > To:     ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org; michael@michaeldavid.com
> > Cc:     ECS List
> > Subject:        Re: [ECS] Sending file through DDE link
> > 
> > Michael,
> > 
> > How about using ACE's ability to process commands from an ascii file?
> > All you have to do is create a text file with teh command in it.  Then
> > configure ace to look for this file every so often.  When ace finds the
> > file it processes teh command and then deletes teh file and starts
> > looking for the file again.  The feature is enabled under teh PREFERENCES
> > option and the API tab.
> > 
> > On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Michael David wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Mark!
> > >
> > > I need to send a file to ACE through ECS' DDE link.
> > >
> > > If I use a text item with @<filename> in the text field, I can send the
> > > contents of file to a serial port by using Send->COM{n}.  However, if I
> > try
> > > Send->ID:{n}, it only sends the @<filename> in the text field on the text
> > > item.
> > >
> > > BTW, the reason I need to send a file to ACE is because some of the
> > messages
> > > I need to send are a bit longer than the text item can accommodate.
> > >
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> > > Michael David
> > > michael@michaeldavid.com
> > >
> > >
> > 
> > Dan Hoehnen
> > dhoehnen@infinet.com
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