


    EXE program to launch an EXM program with the same name
                     EXMEXE Version 1.00
               Copyright (C) 1995 Hiroyuki Sekiya



[1] What is EXMEXE?

  EXMEXE is a program to launch an EXM program by utilizing a
  function provided by MoreEXM. Rename Exmexe.exe to other name
  and run it to launch an EXM program with that given name.
  You can add a file name as its command line parameter to hand
  it over to the EXM program, through the clipboard, and to
  open the file after the program is launched.


[2] Hardware/Software requirements

  This program runs on the 100/200LX.  It runs on the DOS
  process under the System Manager, with MoreEXM Version 1.50
  or later loaded.  It does not run on pure DOS process or on
  the DOS process created by MaxDOS.


[3] Installation

  Install MoreEXM first, if not yet done.

  Let us assume that we are going to run a program
  a:\bin\iconedit.exm.  First copy exmexe.exe to a directory
  a:\bin under the name iconedit.exe.
          >copy exmexe.exe a:\bin\iconedit.*

  You can also copy first and then rename it as follows.
          >copy exmexe.exe a:\bin
          >ren a:\bin\exmexe.exe iconedit.*

  Then you can shell out to DOS from the System Manager and run
  iconedit.exe to launch iconedit.exm.  You do not need to add
  iconedit.exm to moreexm.ini.

  You can make as many copies of exmexe.exe as you like.  Copy
  and rename to as many EXM programs as you want to run as an
  EXE program.


[4] Usage

  As explained above, executing a renamed exmexe.exe will run
  an EXM program with the same name.  Easiest way for running
  it would be to use DosLine, an utility created by Mr.Brahma.

  A number of EXM programs use [MENU]-[F]-[O] keystrokes to
  open a file.  For such programs, you can specify the file
  name as a parameter to EXE file, as a following example.
          >iconedit a:\icn\filer.icn

  This example launches iconedit.exm, opens a File-Open
  dialogbox by keystrokes [MENU], [F] and [O], paste the file
  name from the clipboard by [PASTE] key and ends by [ENTER]
  key. EXMEXE stuffs the series of keystrokes into the
  key buffer, to make it appear to the user that the file is
  automatically opened by the program after its launch.

  Some EXM programs, such as Hikaru.exm or GlobalSearch, start
  with an input box and prompt you to enter a string.  You may
  want to start with pasting the parameter only, In this case
  you can rename and use paste.exe instead of exmexe.exe.
          >copy paste.exe a:\bin\gs.*
          >gs kennsaku

  This example launched GlobalSearch (gs.exm) and immediately
  pastes "kensaku" into the search string box.


[5] Start key

  Exmexe assigns its own start key (hot key) by itself. It
  searches an unused key from the following list:
          80FF, 81FF, 82FF,... BDFF, BEFF, BFFF

  The keyboard does not generates these key codes.  You cannot
  switch back, by task switching with a hot key, to a program
  Exmexe has launched.  You need to use TaskList or to run
  Exmexe again.

  A program run by EXMEXE is thus added to MoreEXM with an
  unique start key.  If you run too many programs with EXMEXE,
  the default sockets of MoreEXM may be all occupied.  (An
  error message of "Registration error" will be displayed).  If
  you encounter this error, please quit one of the programs
  launched by EXMEXE to free a socket and then try to run the
  new program again.  You can also increase the number of
  sockets by using '-s' option, when you load MoreEXM.
          moreexm -s10


[6] Copyright, disclaimer and distribution policy

  This program is a copyrighted freeware.  Its copyright is
  owned by its author, Hiroyuki Sekiya.  You can freely copy
  and use it for your non-commercial and private use.

  Prior permission from the author is necessary, if you want to
  post it on other information services, web sites, FTP sites,
  or similar locations, or to include it in electronic storage
  media.  Please contact the author by e-mail in such cases.

  The author is in no way responsible for any damages, which
  may be caused by using, or by inability to use, this
  software.


[7] History of this software

  This software was originally developed as one of the 9 new
  programs bundled with the book "HP200LX Software Bible",
  co-authored by Hiroyuki Sekiya and Hirotaka Hamada, published
  by Softbank, Tokyo, in April 1996 (ISBN4-89052-911-X).  As
  such, the programs should not be distributed on networks nor
  regarded as freeware.  In short, you needed to buy the book
  to use them.

  Fortunately the book received an enthusiastic acceptance
  within the HP200LX user community in Japan and it reached an
  out-of-print status two years after its publication, in 1998.
  Now that the book is no more available easily, the author of
  these programs decided to release them as copyrighted
  freeware.


[8] Contact address of the author

  The author of this program, Hiroyuki Sekiya, can be contacted
  at the following addresses.

  E-Mail:
    hiroyuki.sekiya@nifty.ne.jp
    JBD00432@nifty.ne.jp
    SDI00992@nifty.ne.jp
  WWW:
    http://member.nifty.ne.jp/~sekiya/


                                                Hiroyuki Sekiya



                                Translated from the Japanese by
                                Toshiki Sasabe
                                toshiki@j.email.ne.jp

    Note from the translator:
    This document is a translation of the original Japanese
    document exmexe.txt (included in this package as
    exmexe.jpn).

