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- DEVELOPER INFOMATION
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- If you are a developer, there are several points for you to
- hook in.
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- The most obvious area where a programmer could control ZOC is
- the REXX programming language. It is very powerful and allows
- access to many areas of ZOC.
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- Windows Version only: The REXX processor was licensed from Enterprise
- Alternatives, Inc. and is available as a separate product. If you
- want to use REXX for Windows scripting, please contact Enterprise
- Alternatives for details (see order section of the ZOC help menu).
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- If you want ZOC to act as a background communication server you
- can use DDE. DDE is described in the Online Help (Help->Contents->
- Programming ZOC) and you can get a sample DDE client (C source
- code) from EmTec. Via DDE you have access to all features that
- you could be controlled by REXX. Based on ZOC DDE, it is rather easy
- to build Front-Ends for character based online databases, be it that
- they are accessed by modem, ISDN, Internet or LAN.
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- Also, the most ambitious developers can under certain circumstances
- get access to the specs that are used to implement emulations, I/O
- devices and file transfer protocols.
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- Last but not least, if you have an existing phone book from another
- comm program that is not supported by ZOCs import module, and if you
- like to program an import function in C, please contact EmTec for
- sample source code and other information.
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