Re: Re: xPLHal Win 98 problems, does this help?

[Ian Lowe]

> Steve
> -----
> When I try to run xPL monitor it Pops up Window xPL.ocx missing

Here's a complete installer: it includes all dependencies, and should work
on any machine.

<a href="http://www.xplproject.org.uk/files/fullmon.zip";>http://www.xplproject.org.uk/files/fullmon.zip</a>

This app doesn't even need configuration, just to make it super simple.

how about the Clock, did that work okay?

> I DO SEE

Fine, that indicates a whole bunch of things. xPLHal is running correctly
on
your PC. The manager is installed correctly onto the PC, and can talk to
xPLHal, so we know that you have at least two out of the three parts
working
( the last being a working hub, which is built into xplhal )

> As I said originaly, is there a simple something I can do with xPL to
prove its working?

xPL is the underlying protocol, just like TCP/IP. It's nothing more than a
transport for information. It doesn't do much of anything on it's own.

xPLHal is the scripting engine, which can perform tasks in response to xPL
messages.

In addition to this, you need end-points, something that generates
messages,
and something that responds to messages.

What we are trying to determine is whether there is anything wrong with the
environment, that is presenting the script engine from working. There
doesn't seem to be.

> I did ask if I could open Notepad.exe with it, this would prove its
> working, any ideas about something like that? With full instructions?

Do you know VBScript? all of xPLHal's functionality is built around
vbscripts that are executed in response to incoming xpl messages.

If you install the clock, and have it configured (give it a name), then
it's
ID will be listed under "scripts" in the xplhal manager. in that
script, you
can create a function called something like:

Sub TONYT_CLOCK_YOURNAME_Trigger(xPLMessage)

' Do VBscript stuff here (like launch off an executeable)

End Sub

and save, that will be executed every time the clock "ticks".

> I only have one PC available.
> It may be working, but without knowing what to expect, I am confused?

Likewise, I don't understand what the problem is. At this stage, you seem
to
have a working environment.

I.