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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 27-Jan-1999
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: DDClient DDE Client ActiveX control
- Version: 1.00
- Version Date: 16-Jan-1999
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
-
- Product Description: DDClient is an ActiveX Control which allows
- Visual Basic 5 and later to make full use of
- the client side of Dynamic Data Exchange,
- including asynchronous operation. The control
- uses the DDEML library to provide guaranteed
- correct DDE protocol usage. The full control
- requires a design time licence. A slightly
- limited licence free demonstration version is
- included.
- Reason for version:
-
- Category: Utilities; Software tools & add-ins; For
- operating systems; Windows
- Keywords: ActiveX DDE DDEML Visual Basic VB
- Reason for Version:
- Required Packages: DDCLNT10
- This Package: DDCLNT10
- Registration Fee: 250.00
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80486)
- Minimum OS: Windows 95
- Hard Drive Space: 650K
- Req'd Software: MSVBVM50.DLL
-
- Orders:
- Address: ShareIt! Inc,
- PO Box 844,
- Greensburg PA 15601-0844,
- USA
- Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-903-4152
- Phone: +49-221-2407279
- FAX: +49-221-2407278
- Internet: register@shareit.com
- Other E-mail: http://www.shareit.com/programs/102950.htm
-
- Support:
- Address: RHA (Minisystems) Ltd
- 83 Gidley Way,
- Horspath,
- Oxford OX33 1TQ,
- England
- AmOnLine: rhaminisys
- Internet: rhaminisys@aol.com
- Other E-mail: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/rhaminisys
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- DDClient is an ActiveX Control (OCX) which allows Visual Basic 5 and
- later to make full use of the client side of Dynamic Data Exchange. The
- control uses the DDEML library to provide guaranteed correct DDE
- protocol usage. The application is not restricted by the limited DDE
- capabilities of Visual Basic. The help file includes an overview of DDE
- and complete design time context sensitive help. The package comes with
- test applications in compiled and source code form.
-
- Data in any format can be received and sent, not just strings as with
- the built in mechanism. There is a logical class structure for handling
- conversations, advise loops, request loops and all other DDE client
- functions. These include the Execute and Poke methods, Wildconnect to
- query available servers and the recording of DDE servers as they
- register and unregister.
-
- Event driven programming allows the application to start a DDE
- transaction and then continue without waiting for the DDE operation to
- finish. An event is raised when the transaction is complete.
- Synchronous operation, in which the applications waits, is also
- possible.
-
- To use the full control DDClient in your own applications you must obtain
- a design time licence file. The help file has the information you need.
- When you have this file, simply double click on it. Regedit will read the
- file and make the necessary registry entries.
-
- DDClDemo is the demonstration version of DDClient. It is fully
- functional and does not require a design time licence. It is limited to
- one conversation with up to two advise or request loops and always
- shows the About box on loading and unloading.
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- FILE_ID.DIZ 381 27-Jan-1999 11:01a 72604382
- SETUP.EXE 473592 27-Jan-1999 10:54a FE3028BE
- README.TXT 4702 26-Jan-1999 08:05p 85D281A7
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- The program Setup.exe installs the DDClient and DDClDemo controls, help
- file and test applications into the folder of your choice and the
- controls are registered. By default the location is a subdirectory of
- "Program Files", you can if you wish change this to your Windows\System,
- Winnt\System32 or any other directory. After installation, you may want
- to move the Visual Basic test project files to a directory in which you
- normally keep VB projects. The controls and compiled test programs
- require MSVBVM50.DLL.
-
-
- An uninstall icon is placed in the program group, the Control Panel
- Add/Remove programs applet can also be used. However, Windows may not
- be able to remove everything. The controls are registered shared
- programs, and the uninstall program cannot remove any files you have
- added to the folder. You may need to remove files and the installation
- folder by hand.
-
- The following files are installed -
- Readme.txt
- Licence.txt
- PokeSetup.frm
- GlobalData.bas
- DDClTest.vbp
- DDClTest.frx
- DDClTest.frm
- DDClTest.exe
- DDClient.ocx
- Ddclient.hlp
- Ddclient.cnt
- DDClDemt.vbp
- DDClDemT.frx
- DDClDemT.frm
- DDClDemT.exe
- DDClDemo.ocx
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- The software is provided "as is". It is the users responsibility to
- ensure that the software is fit for any purpose it is used for. RHA
- (Minisystems) Ltd and its employees cannot be help responsibly for any
- damage resulting from the use of the software.
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- DDClient, DDClDemo and their associated files are copyright by RHA
- (Minisystems) Ltd. The original ZIP file from which the files were
- extracted may be distributed freely, provided that no charge is made
- above the actual distribution costs. You may not distribute separately
- any of the files extracted from the ZIP file or resulting from running
- the Setup program. You may not reverse engineer or modify any of the
- executable or OCX files. You may edit and use for any purpose the Visual
- Basic source files, that is to say files with extensions VBP, BAS, FRM
- and FRX.
-
- RHA (Minisystems) Ltd. and its employees cannot be held responsible for
- any damage resulting from the use of the software. The evaluation
- version DDClDemo is provided for you to evaluate DDClient. It is your
- responsibilty to test that DDClient is working correctly in your
- application.
-
- The design time licence file (obtained separately as described in the
- help file) is supplied for use by a single application developer.
- DDClient.ocx may be distributed with applications written by that
- developer. You are not allowed to distribute the licence file or
- disclose the registry entries which it creates.
-
-
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