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- Custom Sendable Form
-
-
- The Checkers.Frm sample demonstrates how to use a custom sendable form. It
- is an executable (.EXE) server. It implements the minimum form interface
- required to launch and send a form.
-
- Files
- -----
-
- The following is a list of the source files for the Checkers.Frm sample:
-
- FORMSMPL.TXT
- WCHECK.EXE ; The executable file generated by NMAKE
- MAKEFILE
- CHKRFORM.CFG
- ENGINE.CPP
- WCHECK.CPP ; The user interface.
- FORM.CPP ; All form-specific code.
- PIECE.CUR
- WCHECK16.DEF
- WCHECK.DLG
- DLG.H
- CHECKDTA.H
- MOVELIST.H
- WCHECK.H
- DBUGIT.H
- FORM.H ; A description of the Checkers form object.
- CHECK.H
- WCHECK.ICO
- WCHECKS.ICO
- WCHECK.RC
- WCHECK.RCV
-
- ENGINE\LUT.CPP ; A simple move generator used primarily to
- ENGINE\PRUNE.CPP ; determine whether a move is valid.
- ENGINE\QUALITY.CPP
- ENGINE\CHECK.CPP
- ENGINE\VALID.CPP
- ENGINE\DEBUGIO.CPP
-
-
- Installation
- ------------
-
- The form has to be properly registered to be used my mail clients.
- Run the command
-
- pdkin32 -f chkrform.cfg
-
- to register the form in the local form registry. Then run the command
-
- regedit wcheck.reg
-
- to register wcheck.exe as an OLE server for the form in the registry.
- The path to the form's .EXE file has to be put in to the .REG file or
- the system PATH.
-
- For more information about installing and launching forms, see
- the documentation for the form interfaces in the MAPI SDK.
-
- To send the Checkers form to another user:
-
- 1. Select the Compose New Form command in your mail client.
- 2. Choose the checkers form in the Choose Form dialog.
- 3. Select a recipient in the address book.
- 4. Drag a checkers piece to make a move.
-
- The form is sent automatically when the move is complete.
-
-
- Known Problems
- --------------
-
- Data for many of the custom properties is not written to the
- message, and the data that is written might not actually be
- meaningful.
-