═══ 1. Application - DDE Spy ═══ The DDE Spy allows to view existing and possible DDE connections. Quick start any connection and view results immediately. ═══ 2. Disclaimer ═══ This product is supplied with no warranty, either expressed or implied. The author Harald Wilhelm will not accept responsibility for any adverse consequences that may arise from the use or misuse of DDE Spy or its associated program and data files. Such adverse consequences include, but are not limited to, loss of profit, and loss of data. The author specifically disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. ═══ 3. Copyright ═══ DDE Spy is Copyright 1995 Harald Wilhelm. DDE Spy exists in evaluation and licensed versions. The product information dialog specifies the type of each copy. Evaluation copies of DDE Spy are supplied for evaluation only. You may distribute them freely, but they are not to be used commercially. After 21 days of evaluation, you must cease using DDE Spy unless you register it. Licensed copies of DDE Spy may be used commerically, but not freely distributed. Only one instance of each licensed copy may be used at any particular time. The copyright of DDE Spy is currently held by the author Harald Wilhelm. ═══ 4. Licensing DDE Spy ═══ DDE Spy is useful to almost the entire OS/2 community. The author invites you to license DDE Spy under negotiable terms. To contact the author, see Contacting the author. Alternatively, see How to register if you simply wish to continue using DDE Spy. ═══ 5. How to register ═══ DDE Spy is shareware. This means that you can use the program for a limited time (21 days) before you decide whether you want to keep it. If you want to continue using DDE Spy after that time you are expected to register it. The registered version (which you will be sent when you register) is more uptodate, removes the sticky windows, but is otherwise identical to (or better than) the evaluation version. Once you have registered, technical support is available from the author via e-mail or mail. Voice support is not provided. Please see the file ORDER.TXT for order information. ═══ 6. Contacting the author ═══ You may register a single copy of DDE Spy or initiate licensing negotiations with the author. You can contact him at the address below: Fax: +49 (0) 22 1 5 90 91 99 Mail: Harald Wilhelm Am Scheidweg 60 D-50765 Koeln (Cologne) Germany E-Mail: Harald_Wilhelm@hawi.de ═══ 7. Actionbar Choices ═══ ═══ 7.1. Actionbar Choice - Dde ═══ ═══ 7.1.1. Pulldown Choice - Rescan ═══ Drop the current connections and initiate a global connection scan. Found DDE server will be listed in the container along with their DDE topics and possible DDE items. ═══ 7.1.2. Pulldown Choice - Test ═══ This pulldown menu opens a dialog where you can test DDE applications even if they don't answer and don't show up in the list of active applications. ═══ 7.2. Actionbar Choice - Help ═══ ═══ 7.2.1. Pulldown Choice - General Help ═══ Shows General help. ═══ 7.2.2. Pulldown Choice - About ═══ Shows the Aboutbox. ═══ 7.2.3. Pulldown Choice - Register ═══ This choice is only available, if this product is not registered. Activating this action will bring up the dialog Register Shareware. ═══ 8. Container ═══ The container will show all DDE server applications along with their current topics. For the special System Topic DDESpy will fetch the supported items as well. You can use the right mouse button on topics and system items to receive a popup menu. The entry named Test will bring up a dialog window on which you can test the connection. ═══ 9. Dialogs ═══ ═══ 9.1. Dialog - About ═══ This dialog will show information to the current application. ═══ 9.1.1. Pushbutton - Ok ═══ Activating this pushbutton will leave the current dialog. ═══ 9.2. Dialog - Register Shareware ═══ This dialog is only available if this product is not registered. ═══ 9.2.1. Entryfield - Registername ═══ Please enter the name you got from the author of this package. ═══ 9.2.2. Entryfield - Registercode ═══ Please enter the code you got from the author of this package. ═══ 9.2.3. Pushbutton - Ok ═══ Starts to register the product. If this action is successfull, the titlebar of the application will change. The word "Unregistered" will disappear. This is true for the pulldown choice Register too. ═══ 9.2.4. Pushbutton - Help ═══ Shows help for the selected dialog element. ═══ 9.3. Dialog - Test ═══ This dialog allows to test a DDE connection. ═══ 9.3.1. Entryfield - Application ═══ Please enter the application name of the DDE server. This field is prefilled with the application that belongs to the selected entry in the container. ═══ 9.3.2. Entryfield - Topic ═══ Please enter the topic name. This field is prefilled with the topic that belongs to the selected entry in the container. ═══ 9.3.3. Entryfield - Item ═══ Please enter the item name. This field is prefilled with the item that belongs to the selected entry in the container. ═══ 9.3.4. MLE - Data ═══ Please enter the data for the DDE connection into this editfield. ═══ 9.3.5. Pushbutton - Request ═══ This pushbutton will start a request connection to the shown application. Data will be retrieved. ═══ 9.3.6. Pushbutton - Poke ═══ This pushbutton will start a poke connection to the shown application. Data will be inserted. ═══ 9.3.7. Pushbutton - Help ═══ Shows help for the selected dialog element.