Author: James Robertson
Date: 18:04:23 09/04/98
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On September 04, 1998 at 16:35:13, Inmann Werner wrote: >I try to write an interface for my program to winboard. >Rather frustrating! >I tried to write a simple testprogram, only trying to communicate with winboard. >No result. > >How do I get input from Winboard and how can I output to winboard. > >I also looked at crafty source but I did not really find something. (What should >I search?) > >I work with Watcom C and compile for Windows NT. I thought, the Input comes from >stdin (like Auto232), but..... > >I start winboard with: >winboard /cp /fcp=test.exe /fd="c:\watcom\binw\neuschach\win" /scp=test.exe >/sd="c:\watcom\binw\neuschach\win" >and both programs open. But thats it. If I send with CTRL ALT 1 nothing happens. > >I am fully stuck, and that frustrates me a lot. > >Any tips? > >Werner Definately look at the source code to Arasan. It has an excellent fairly easy to follow method of handling Winboard communication, and I think it is compatible with C. Arasan's home is: http://www.best.com/~jdart/arasan.htm Download the source and look at the main() and parse_command() (I think that is what it is called) functions. Hope this helps James
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