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File contents
!Broadcast v1.00 - By David Bradshaw, � Acorn Computing 1993.
NOTE: Acorn's !Help is fully supported by this application, giving
interactive help and information.
Instructions for use
--------------------
!Broadcast is a desktop utility which allows the user to send any
wimp message to any or all running tasks. The main use for this is
testing wimp applications or debugging them during development. It may
be used to simulate certain situations, allowing the user to see how
the program being tested reacts.
To load, double click on the filer window icon in the usual mannor.
The icon will appear on the iconbar. Click 'Menu' over this to get a
menu, or 'Select' to open the main window. The menu consists of 3
entries - Info, Pointer Info, and Quit. 'Info' leads to a standard
information box, whilst 'Quit' exits the program. 'Pointer Info' opens
up a small window, which allows the user to see the task handle and
the window handle of the window under the pointer at any time. All
values are given in hex.
The main window consists of main icons. The 9 main writable
icons in the centre of the window is where the message block data is
entered. To the left of each is a number showing which word in the
message block each icon represents. To the right of the icons are two
rows of radio buttons. There are two for each message block data icon,
and inform the program whether the data in each is a string or is
numeric. These should be selected as appropriate. Below all the icons
just described, at the left side of the window, is a smaller writable
icon labelled 'R0'. This is the message reason code. For example
User_Message =17, User_Message_Recorded =18 etc. To the right of these
are two icons 'Clear' and 'Send'. The 'Clear' icon clears any values
from the message block data icons above, whilst the 'Send' icon sends
a message as set up in the icons above.
The last set of icons control where the message is sent to. If the
'Broadcast' radio is selected, the message will be passed around all
the currently running tasks. If the 'Task Handle' radio is selected,
the message will be sent to a specific task. The task handle of the
destination task must be entered in the writable icon on the right of
the radio buttons. The task handle of a task may be discovered using
the Pointer Info window as described above. Alternatively, a window
handle may be placed in this icon, and the message will be sent to the
task owning the window.
NOTE: All values are assumed to be in decimal in the main window,
unless preceeded by & or %. These signify hexadecimal and binary
notation respectively. It is important to include the '&' when
entering task and window handles into the icons, unless of course you
know the decimal equivalent. Values in the Pointer Info window are
always given in hex.
HotKeys
=======
The handles displayed in the Pointer Info window may be copied
directly into the Task Handle: destination icon by pressing either F1
or F2. F1 copies the task handle, whilst F2 copies the window handle.
The & will be automatically inserted. This feature will work even when
the Pointer Info window is closed.
Entering Text into the Message Block
====================================
Some messages require text in the block as well as numerical
values. Text may be entered into any of the message block data icons,
and will be send correctly as long as the Text radio button is chosen
for that icon. The text in any icon may be more that 4 bytes long
unlike the numerical values, but any entries in further icons may
overwrite this. Leave them blank to avoid this. For example, if the
message required the text string "adfs::4.$.Apps" at the 16th byte of
the message block, it would be entered into the '+16' icon. The text
radio button at the right of this icon would then be selected. Since
the text would stretch to byte 30, the icons '+20' '+24' and '+28'
must be left blank.
Message Block Format
====================
Please refer to the Programmers Reference Manuals or any other
suitable book for the format of message blocks if you are unfamiliar
with them.
Example: Closing a window of a task
===================================
1) Open all three windows: the main window, the Pointer Info window,
and the window which you wish to close
2) Place the pointer over the window you want to close, and press F1
to copy the task handle into the main window. Now type in the window
handle of that window into the '+0' icon in the main window, not
forgetting to prefix the vaule with a &.
3) Type in the reason code 3 into the icon labelled 'R0'.
4) Make sure the 'Task Handle:' radio is selected at the bottom of the
main window.
5) Click 'Send' - the message will be sent to the appropriate task.
6) When the task receives the message (virtually immediately), the
window will be closed.
00000000 21 42 72 6f 61 64 63 61 73 74 20 76 31 2e 30 30 |!Broadcast v1.00| 00000010 20 2d 20 42 79 20 44 61 76 69 64 20 42 72 61 64 | - By David Brad| 00000020 73 68 61 77 2c 20 a9 20 41 63 6f 72 6e 20 43 6f |shaw, . Acorn Co| 00000030 6d 70 75 74 69 6e 67 20 31 39 39 33 2e 0a 20 20 |mputing 1993.. | 00000040 20 20 20 20 20 0a 4e 4f 54 45 3a 20 41 63 6f 72 | .NOTE: Acor| 00000050 6e 27 73 20 21 48 65 6c 70 20 69 73 20 66 75 6c |n's !Help is ful| 00000060 6c 79 20 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 64 20 62 79 20 |ly supported by | 00000070 74 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e |this application| 00000080 2c 20 67 69 76 69 6e 67 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 69 |, giving. i| 00000090 6e 74 65 72 61 63 74 69 76 65 20 68 65 6c 70 20 |nteractive help | 000000a0 61 6e 64 20 69 6e 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e |and information.| 000000b0 20 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 49 6e 73 74 72 75 | . .Instru| 000000c0 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 6f 72 20 75 73 65 0a 2d |ctions for use.-| 000000d0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| 000000e0 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a 20 20 20 21 42 72 6f 61 64 63 61 |---.. !Broadca| 000000f0 73 74 20 69 73 20 61 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 |st is a desktop | 00000100 75 74 69 6c 69 74 79 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 6c |utility which al| 00000110 6c 6f 77 73 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 72 20 74 6f |lows the user to| 00000120 20 73 65 6e 64 20 61 6e 79 0a 77 69 6d 70 20 6d | send any.wimp m| 00000130 65 73 73 61 67 65 20 74 6f 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 72 |essage to any or| 00000140 20 61 6c 6c 20 72 75 6e 6e 69 6e 67 20 74 61 73 | all running tas| 00000150 6b 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 75 73 65 |ks. 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