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<h1 id="toplevel-toc"><a name="toplevel" id="toplevel">OLE
Automation Support</a></h1>Winvile can be built and configured to
execute as an OLE Automation server. The following steps are
required:
<ol>
<li>build a version of winvile that supports OLE,</li>
<li>configure winvile as a server, and</li>
<li>use an OLE automation client to invoke and manipulate
winvile.</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="building-toc"><a name="building" id="building">Build
Syntax</a></h2>
<p>By default, winvile is _not_ built with OLE Automation
enabled, but this command adds that feature:</p>
<pre>
nmake -f makefile.wnt CFG=winvile OPT=ole-auto
</pre>
<p>Or, if an embedded perl support is desired, use this
syntax:</p>
<pre>
nmake -f makefile.wnt CFG=winvile-with-perl OPT=ole-auto
</pre>
<h2 id="minimalcfg-toc"><a name="minimalcfg" id=
"minimalcfg">Minimal Configuration</a></h2>
<p>OLE Automation support is not available until the Windows
registry has been updated with various configuration information.
The simplest method of registration is to:</p>
<ol>
<li>copy winvile.exe to some directory in your PATH, and
then</li>
<li>execute this command:
<pre>
winvile -Or
</pre>
</li>
</ol>
<p>The second step registers winvile as an OLE automation server
that will be launched (by a client) with _no_ command line
options, which implies these server attributes:</p>
<ul>
<li>editor geometry is 24 rows by 80 columns</li>
<li>default font is "system fixed", 12-point (crayola-sized :-)
)</li>
<li>editor visible</li>
<li>a single server instance (i.e., no matter how many clients
create a winvile server object, there will be at most one
server instance).</li>
</ul>
<p>There are, however, a number of command line options that can
be specified during registration and which subsequently affect
the launched winvile server.</p>
<h2 id="registryopts-toc"><a name="registryopts" id=
"registryopts">Registration Options</a></h2>
<p>The complete registration syntax is:</p>
<pre>
winvile -Or [-geometry <cols>x<rows>] [-multiple] [-invisible]
[{-font|-fn} <font_spec>]
</pre>
<p>where:</p>
<table border="0" summary="Registration Options">
<colgroup>
<col width="200px">
</colgroup>
<tr>
<td valign="top">-geometry <cols>x<rows></td>
<td>specifies the editor's window geometry.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">-invisible</td>
<td>launched server(s) are invisible and must be made visible
via the application's Visible property.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">-multiple</td>
<td>each client creates a new, unique server instance.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">-font <font_spec></td>
<td>specifies the editor's font</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>where:</p>
<pre>
<font_spec> :== [<face>,]<size>[,<style>]
<face> :== font-name
<size> :== point size (as an integer)
<style> :== { bold | italic | bold-italic }
</pre>
<table border="0" summary="Registration Options">
<colgroup>
<col width="60px">
</colgroup>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Note 1:</td>
<td>if <style> is unspecified, "normal" is
assumed.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Note 2:</td>
<td>if <face> contains a comma escape it with '\'.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Note 3:</td>
<td>if <face> is omitted, the current font is
modified.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Note 4:</td>
<td>if <face> contains spaces, delimit
<font_spec> as appropriate for the current
shell/desktop environment.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Note 5:</td>
<td><face> must be fixed pitch. To obtain a list of all
fixed pitch fonts on the current win32 host, invoke winvile
and browse the "Font" dialog box accessible from the System
menu (accelerator key is ALT+<space bar>+F).</td>
</tr>
</table>
<pre>
Example: -font 'Letter Gothic,8'
Example: -fn r_ansi,8,bold
</pre>
<p>Note that it's generally not necessary to specify the font or
geometry when registering winvile because those parameters may be
set in the vile startup file (vile.rc). See the vile help topic
"Win32 specifics" for further information.</p>
<h2 id="example-toc"><a name="example" id="example">Example
Automation Client Access</a></h2>
<p>Perl Access <!--{{atr2html--></p>
<p style="font-family: monospace;">
<strong><font color=
"#000080">use</font></strong> Win32::OLE;<br>
<font color=
"#008080">$vile</font> = new Win32::OLE <font color="#800080">'Winvile.Application'</font>;<br>
<font color=
"#008080">$vile</font>->VileKeys(<font color=
"#800080">":show-bindings\n"</font>);<br>
<font color=
"#008080">$vile</font>->{Visible} = <strong><font color="#008080">1</font></strong>; <font color="#800000"># may not be necessary</font><br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">print</font></strong> <font color=
"#800080">"sleeping for 3 seconds\n"</font>;<br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">sleep</font></strong>(<strong><font color=
"#008080">3</font></strong>);<br>
<font color=
"#008080">$vile</font>->VileKeys(<font color=
"#800080">":buffer [unnamed]\n"</font>);<br>
<font color=
"#008080">$vile</font>->VileKeys(<font color=
"#800080">":r c:/config.sys\n"</font>);<br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">sleep</font></strong>(<strong><font color=
"#008080">3</font></strong>);<br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">print</font></strong> <font color=
"#800080">"killing vile\n"</font>;<br>
<font color=
"#008080">$vile</font>->Quit();<br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">exit</font></strong><br>
<!--atr2html}}--></p>VB Access <!--{{atr2html-->
<p style="font-family: monospace;">
<strong><font color=
"#000080">Private</font></strong> VileObj <strong><font color="#000080">As</font></strong> Winvile.Application<br>
<br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">Private</font></strong> <strong><font color=
"#000080">Sub</font></strong> Form_Load()<br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">Set</font></strong> VileObj = <strong><font color="#000080">New</font></strong> Winvile.Application<br>
VileObj.Visible = <strong><font color="#008080">True</font></strong> <font color="#800000">' may not be necessary</font><br>
VileObj.VileKeys (<font color="#800080">":help"</font> + vbLf)<br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">End</font></strong> <strong><font color=
"#000080">Sub</font></strong><br>
<br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">Private</font></strong> <strong><font color=
"#000080">Sub</font></strong> Quit_Click()<br>
VileObj.Quit <font color="#800000">' Kill the server (winvile)</font><br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">End</font></strong><br>
<strong><font color=
"#000080">End</font></strong> <strong><font color=
"#000080">Sub</font></strong><br>
<!--atr2html}}--></p>
<h2 id="winvilewrapper-toc"><a name="winvilewrapper" id=
"winvilewrapper">wvwrap.exe -- WinVile WRAPper</a></h2>
<p>[ Note: Ed Henderson discovered this novel use of automation
and wrote the original version of wvwrap.exe . Thanks, Ed! ]</p>
<h2 id="wvwrapbkg-toc"><a name="wvwrapbkg" id=
"wvwrapbkg">Background</a></h2>
<p>It's possible to modify the Windows registry such that any
arbitrary utility appears on the Windows Explorer right mouse
popup menu. To do so, use regedit to create the following entry
in the registry:</p>
<pre>
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\<utility_name>\command
</pre>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre>
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\winvile\command
</pre>
<p>Next, give the "command" key the following (Default)
value:</p>
<pre>
<utility_name> "%1"
</pre>
<p>An actual example:</p>
<pre>
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\winvile\command\winvile "%1"
</pre>
<p>Once this registry entry is installed, then anytime the right
mouse button is clicked on a file in Windows Explorer, "winvile"
appears as a selection at the top of the popup menu. Choosing
winvile from this menu launches the editor, which then opens the
selected file. So far, so good. However, when multiple files are
selected and winvile is launched via a right mouse click, Windows
Explorer opens one instance of the editor per selected file. Most
vile-aholics will find this behavior rather repugnant. However,
if winvile is configured as a single server instance (the
default), a workaround exists. Read on.</p>
<p>When the Ole Automation version of winvile is built as
described above, a utility called wvwrap.exe is also created.
Copy wvwrap to a directory in your PATH and create the following
registry entry:</p>
<pre>
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\wvwrap\command\wvwrap "%1"
</pre>
<p>If using Windows XP, it's necessary to specify the full path
to wvwrap, as shown here:</p>
<pre>
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\wvwrap\command\<full_path_to>wvwrap.exe "%1"
</pre>
<p>Now, as a test, select multiple files within Window Explorers,
right click the mouse, and launch wvwrap. Notice that all files
are read into a single instance of winvile, one buffer per
file.</p>
<h2 id="serverprops-toc"><a name="serverprops" id=
"serverprops">Server Properties And Methods</a></h2>
<table border="0" summary="Server Properties and Methods">
<colgroup>
<col width="200px">
<col width="20px">
</colgroup>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Application</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>[out] Returns the application object.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">ForegroundWindow()</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>Makes the editor the foreground window. Note that Windows
2000 and XP essentially emasculated this method. See
MainHwnd() for an alternative approach.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">FullName</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>[out] Returns the path of the application.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">InsertMode</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>[out] True if editor window with keyboard focus is in
insert mode.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">IsMinimized</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>[out] True if editor minimized.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">MainHwnd</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>[out] Returns the editor's main window handle. Useful if
the client wishes to, say, call SetForegroundWindow() on
behalf of the editor.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Minimize()</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>Minimizes the editor.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Name()</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>[out] Returns the name of the application.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Parent()</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>Returns the parent of the application object.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Quit()</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>Exits the editor.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Restore()</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>Restores the editor's window.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">VileKeys([in] keys)</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>Sends keystrokes to the editor. Note that this method is
implemented by using PostMessage() to send a WM_CHAR message
for _each_ character in the "keys" string. In other words,
this is not an efficient method and should not be used to
create large files.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Visible</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>[in, out] Sets or returns the editor's visibility.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">WindowRedirect([in] hwnd)</td>
<td valign="top">—</td>
<td>
Specifies a window handle to which user-specified
keystrokes are redirected. Redirected keystrokes are
specified via winvile's "redirect-keys" mode. Refer to the
file <a href="visvile.html">visvile.doc</a> for a detailed
discussion of this method and its associated mode.
<p>To disable redirection once enabled, pass this method a
NULL window handle.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Note: ForegroundWindow(), Minimize(), and Restore() implicitly
force an Invisible server to the Visible state.</p>
<h2 id="unregistering-toc"><a name="unregistering" id=
"unregistering">Unregistering The Server</a></h2>
<p>To unregister winvile as an OLE automation server, execute
this command:</p>
<pre>
winvile -Ou
</pre>
<h2 id="credits-toc"><a name="credits" id=
"credits">Credits</a></h2>The OLE automation support for winvile
was written by Clark Morgan, from 1998 to 2005.
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