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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................1
What is PTalkDT? .....................................................................................................................................................1
What is an ActiveX Control? ....................................................................................................................................1
What Can I use PTalkDT with?.................................................................................................................................1
What Can PTalkDT do for me?.................................................................................................................................1
What Built in Functions Does PTalkDT Have? ........................................................................................................1
What You Will Need to use PTalkDT.......................................................................................................................2
How do I Get Support?..............................................................................................................................................3
GETTING STARTED.................................................................................................................................................5
Installing PTalkDTPro ..............................................................................................................................................5
What Was Installed? .............................................................................................................................................5
Setting up Communications with PMAC ..................................................................................................................6
Plug & Play Device Installation ...........................................................................................................................6
Windows 98/ME Installation (Non Plug & Play Devices)....................................................................................6
Windows 2000 Installation (Non Plug & Play Devices).......................................................................................9
First Time PTalkDTPro Users.................................................................................................................................11
Serial Port Configuration ...................................................................................................................................12
Uninstalling PTalkDT OCX....................................................................................................................................13
HOW TO DESIGN WITH PTALKDT ...................................................................................................................15
In Design Mode.......................................................................................................................................................15
Run Time Mode ......................................................................................................................................................16
Altering, Saving and Retrieving PTalkDT Settings at Run Time............................................................................18
Communication Settings .....................................................................................................................................18
General Settings..................................................................................................................................................18
YOUR FIRST VISUAL BASIC MMI WITH PTALKDT .....................................................................................19
Overview .................................................................................................................................................................19
Instructions .........................................................................................................................................................19
YOUR FIRST MICROSOFT VISUAL C++ MMI WITH PTALKDT ................................................................23
Overview .................................................................................................................................................................23
Instructions .........................................................................................................................................................23
PTALKDT REFERENCE ........................................................................................................................................33
Documentation Conventions ...................................................................................................................................33
Overview .................................................................................................................................................................33
PTalkDT Properties.................................................................................................................................................33
Enabled...............................................................................................................................................................33
LastError ............................................................................................................................................................33
LastErrorString...................................................................................................................................................33
Device Number ...................................................................................................................................................34
DeviceNumber ....................................................................................................................................................34
DownloadDeleteTemp ........................................................................................................................................34
DownloadDo.......................................................................................................................................................34
DownloadHide....................................................................................................................................................35
DownloadLog .....................................................................................................................................................35
DownloadMap ....................................................................................................................................................35
DownloadMaxErrors..........................................................................................................................................35
DownloadParse ..................................................................................................................................................35
DownloadShowErrors ........................................................................................................................................36
UploadAppend ....................................................................................................................................................36
UploadHide ........................................................................................................................................................36
UploadNoComments...........................................................................................................................................36
UploadShowProgress .........................................................................................................................................36
PTalkDT Methods ...................................................................................................................................................37
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