K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET (01/14/87)
Over the christmas holidays I spent some time playing around with the
AES-functions appl_find and appl_write (besides writing a Kermit
implementation for UniTerm), to get the application id of
another application (always a desk-accessory since the current application
always has a id of 0 (the one exception see below!)) call appl_find with
the filename in CAPITAL letters (without extension!) this will return
the id if it was sucessful or -1 if it wasn't. You can then send the
application a message with appl_write (with msg_buffer[0] = 40 to start
a accessory), this works very well as long as the receiving accessory
doesn't check for it's menu id in msg_buffer[4], in which case you would
just have to try all menu id's between 0 and 5. You can also send messages
to the AES screen manager (filename: SCRENMGR). If anybody want's the
OSS/CCD Pascal source code of a program which plays around with
these calls, I could post it.
Simon Poole
K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET
PS: A lot of people have been e-mailing to me if I could send them
a copy UniTerm on disk. I will do this if you can get a disk and
postage to my home address, BUT don't forget that I live in
Switzerland, so try to get from somewhere near you first!
My address:
Simon Poole
Bahnhofstrasse 51 b
CH-5430 Wettingen
Switzerlandleo@sunybcs.UUCP (01/26/87)
Every time a new release of Uniterm comes out, I get a copy (more often than not before the person Simon mails it to) and post it to a local BBS. The particulars: Crazy Train ST, 716-741-9822, sysop = Bill Leonard. This is a 24 hour 300/1200 baud BBS that is dedicated solely to ST software. NOT a pirate BBS, all the software available on it is either PD or shareware. Calling and downloading Uniterm (current version is 1.6f) might be less expensive than mailing to Switzerland to get it "from the horse's mouth"... Only supports xmodem protocol transfers. Physically within the Buffalo, NY LATA. Also is a pretty well used message base, has good folks along with the turkeys... -- Leo E. Wilson(leo@buffalo.csnet) Niagara Paper Company 364 West Delavan Avenue 99 Bud-Mil Drive Buffalo, NY 14213 Buffalo, NY 14206 (716)883-7573 (716)856-5135 (0830-1700)