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Dde link to netscape
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Create a new application with a form Form1, put the components on it as in the following class defined (buttons, edit controls, labels and one TDDEClientConv) and link the events to the given procedures.
Button3 will have NetScape open the entered URL.
unit Netscp1;
Interface
Uses
SysUtils, WinTypes, WinProcs, Messages, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms,
Dialogs, StdCtrls, DdeMan;
type
TForm1 = class (TForm)
DdeClientConv1 : TDdeClientConv;
Button1 : TButton;
Button2 : TButton;
Button3 : TButton;
LinkStatus : TEdit;
Label1 : TLabel;
Label2 : TLabel;
URLName : TEdit;
procedure Button1Click (Sender: TObject);
procedure FormCreate (Sender: TObject);
procedure Button2Click (Sender: TObject);
procedure Button3Click (Sender: TObject);
private
{ private declarations }
public
{ public declarations }
end;
var
Form1 : TForm1;
LinkOpened : integer;
implementation
{$R *.DFM}
procedure TForm1.Button1Click (Sender: TObject);
begin
if LinkOpened = 0 then
begin
DdeClientConv1.SetLink ('Netscape', 'WWW_OpenURL');
if DdeClientConv1.OpenLink then
begin
LinkStatus.Text := 'Netscape Link has been opened';
LinkOpened := 1
end
else
LinkStatus.Text := 'Unable to make Netscape Link'
end
end;
procedure TForm1.FormCreate (Sender: TObject);
begin
LinkOpened := 0
end;
procedure TForm1.Button2Click (Sender: TObject);
begin
DdeClientConv1.CloseLink;
LinkOpened := 0;
LinkStatus.Text := 'Netscape Link has been closed'
end;
procedure TForm1.Button3Click (Sender: TObject);
var
ItemList : String;
begin
if LinkOpened <> 0 then
begin
ItemList := URLName.Text + ',,0xFFFFFFFF,0x3,,,';
DdeClientConv1.RequestData (ItemList)
end
end;
end.
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