Re: xpl newbie: cm12 interfacing with win98 questions

[Stephen]

>On the xPL Development and VB6 pages of my website I've added a link to
an
>installer download package, which is actually an installer for
xPL_DevCom
>(<a href="http://www.xplhal.com/xpl/xPLInstall.zip";>http://www.xplhal.com/xpl/xPLInstall.zip</a>).
>
>>The Keware OCX can be downloaded form the homeseer website
>>(www.homeseer.com) It's in the "downloads" section.
>>
>
>>The easiest way to do this is to double click on the file and when
the
>>system asks what you want to open the file with select Regsvr32, if
you
>>check the always use this application box next time you click on a
OCX file
>>it will automatically run the regsvr32 program.

Thanks everyone for the tips above. I have been to homeseer.com and
installed the keware ocx and I have also installed Tony's xplcm12
program and run the the xplinstall archive above. So far so good.

Now I am trying to use Ian's x10send to switch a light on and off. I
am very unsure how to use it! I think the correct syntax to switch a1
on is:

x10send /command=on /device=a1

or do I need quotes around "a1" because I did see quotes in the
txt
file?

Does x10send have to be in the same directory as Tonys xpcm12 or can
it be anywhere? DO I have to run it from a dos prompt or do I use a
shortcut from the win98se desktop? I can't set command line parameters
with a shortcut.

Sorry to be so dim!

Thanks.