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Subject: Re: winboard programming. Need Help!!

Author: Peter Fendrich

Date: 03:44:16 09/05/98

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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

1) Include /debug in your winboard commandline above. Then you can see a log of
   what commands winboard sent to and received from the programs.
2) Try to turn off buffering of stdin and stdout.
   Something like
    setbuf( stdin, 0);
    setbuf( stdout, 0);
   in the beginning of your code.

//Peter





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