Re: xPLHal Win 98 problems, does this help?

[Gary]

Results of the following
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Apologises if any of the steps are a bit vague but I haven't got a
setup in
front of me to test it through.

To launch an app using xPLLaunch.exe

1. First download and extract xPLLaunch.exe from www.xplhal.com
2. In the same directory as the file create a txt file called
source.cfg
with one line TONYT-LAUNCH.GARY
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Done ok
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3. Create a new script in xPLHal with the following contents

sub TestXPL()

' send config message
' this bit only required if you don't not configed by xPLHal i.e not
in awaiting configuration
strmsg="interval=5"+chr(10)
call
xpl.sendmsg("","TONYT-XPLHAL.MASTER","config.response",strmsg)

' send launch notepad
strmsg="APPLICATION=notepad.exe"+chr(10)
call
xpl.sendmsg("","TONYT-XPLHAL.MASTER","shell.basic",strmsg)
end sub

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Done ok, I saved as GB.xpl
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4. Run xPLLaunch.exe (should get a xPL icon by clock)
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Done ok
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5. In xplManager select option to reload scripts
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Window came up "scripts could not be reloaded"
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6. In xplmanager select option to run script from menu and run script
TestXPL()

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"option to run script from menu"? Did you mean "Run
sub-routine"?
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I selected TEST.XPL
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This should boot up notepad.exe
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Nothing happened?
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