DDELIB
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Please find included in this archive:

    README.TXT
	Contains this document.

    DDELIB.EXE
	Windows 2.0 dynamic link library called by the sample DDE programs
	and by any programs that you develop using DDELIB.  This file must be
	accessable via your path statement or in the current directory to run
	the sample programs.

    DDE.H
	Replacement file for DDE.H required to use DDELIB.  The structures
	in this header file are documented in DDELIB.TXT.

    DDELIB.TXT
	Text file documenting DDELIB for Windows C programmers.

    DDEDEMOS.TXT
	Text file documenting the sample DDE programs.

    DDELIB.REG
	Registration form to register DDELIB.

    ACCEXCEL.EXE SESSION.EXE SESSUTIL.EXE SUB.EXE
	Sample DDE programs as documented in DDEDEMOS.TXT

    ACCEXCEL ACCEXCEL.C ACCEXCEL.DEF ACCEXCEL.H ACCEXCEL.ICO ACCEXCEL.RC
	Source files for ACCEXCEL.EXE

    SESSION SESSION.C SESSION.DEF SESSION.H SESSION.ICO SESSION.RC
	Source files for SESSION.EXE

    SESSUTIL SESSUTIL.C SESSUTIL.DEF SESSUTIL.H SESSUTIL.ICO SESSUTIL.RC
	Source files for SESSUTIL.EXE

    SUB SUB.C SUB.DEF SUB.H SUB.ICO SUB.RC
	Source files for SUB.EXE

    DDELIB.DOC
	Word for Windows (WINWORD) file version of DDELIB.TXT.

    DDEDEMOS.DOC
	Word for Windows (WINWORD) file version of DDEDEMOS.TXT.


To use DDELIB:

    Print out and read DDELIB.REG.
    Print out and read DDELIB.TXT.
    Print out and read DDEDEMOS.TXT.
    Copy FISH.EXE, DDELIB.EXE, ACCEXCEL, SESSION.EXE, SESSUTIL.EXE and
	SUB.EXE into your \WINDOWS directory.
    
    RUNNING ACCEXCEL -
	Double click on EXCEL.EXE from within the MS-DOS EXECUTIVE.
	Double click on ACCEXCEL.EXE from within the MS-DOS EXECUTIVE.
    
    RUNNING SUB -
	Double click on FISH.EXE from within the MS-DOS EXECUTIVE.
	Double click on SUB.EXE from within the MS-DOS EXECUTIVE.
	Note - End SUB.EXE before ending FISH.EXE since there seems to be
	    a problem with FISH.EXE.
    
    RUNNING SESSION -
	Double click on SESSION.EXE from within the MS-DOS EXECUTIVE.
	Double click on SESSUTIL.EXE from within the MS-DOS EXECUTIVE.
	Double click again on SESSUTIL.EXE from within the MS-DOS EXECUTIVE.
	Double click and again on SESSUTIL.EXE from within the MS-DOS EXECUTIVE.

    WRITING DDE APPLICATIONS -
	Copy the rest of the files to a developement directory.
	Replace DDE.H in your include directory.
	Study SESSION as a DDE server application.
	Study ACCEXCEL, SUB and SESSUTIL as DDE client applications.
	If your copy of the segmented linker is not named link.exe
	    (i.e. link4.exe) then you will have to modify the make files
	    distributed with the sample applications.


Windows 3.0 notes:

    When compiling an application that uses DDELIB in windows 3.0, you will
    first have to make a copy of DDELIB.EXE called DDELIB.DLL.  DDELIB has
    already been marked as a Windows 3.0 "aware" library.