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CONTENTS: LICENSE AGREEMENT: .........................................................................................................................2 WHAT IS WINWEDGE? ...........................................................................................................................3 WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH WINWEDGE? ...........................................................................................3 BEFORE YOU BEGIN ..............................................................................................................................4 System Requirements .................................................................................................................4 Devices Compatible with WinWedge .........................................................................................4 What's New In Version 4.0 .........................................................................................................5 Why Is It Called WinWedge? .....................................................................................................5 WHO’S USING WINWEDGE ...................................................................................................................6 GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................................................7 Installing and Running WinWedge .............................................................................................7 How To Obtain Technical Support .............................................................................................7 QUICK START GUIDE TO USING WINWEDGE ..................................................................................8 A TYPICAL WINWEDGE CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE ...................................................................9 THE MAIN MENU ....................................................................................................................................12 THE FILE MENU ......................................................................................................................................13 WinWedge Configuration Files ..................................................................................................13 Activating WinWedge Automatically With a Specific Configuration File .................................14 THE MODE MENU ...................................................................................................................................15 Send Keystrokes Mode ...............................................................................................................15 DDE Server Mode ......................................................................................................................17 Sending Keystrokes vs. Dynamic Data Exchange ......................................................................18 Log To Disk Mode ......................................................................................................................19 THE PORT MENU ....................................................................................................................................20 THE PORT SETTINGS WINDOW ...........................................................................................................21 THE PORT ANALYZE MENU OPTION .................................................................................................22 THE DEFINE MENU .................................................................................................................................24 Input Data Record Structure .......................................................................................................24 Pre-Input Character Translations ................................................................................................24 Pre-Transfer Character Translation Table ...................................................................................24 Serial Output Strings ...................................................................................................................25 Hot Keys and Hot Key Actions ..................................................................................................25 Command Source DDE Link ......................................................................................................25 Output Buffer DDE Link ............................................................................................................25 DEFINING THE INPUT DATA RECORD STRUCTURE .......................................................................26 The Start Of Record Event ..........................................................................................................26 The End Of Record Event ...........................................................................................................27 Single field data records .............................................................................................................29 Multiple delimited data fields .....................................................................................................30 Special Considerations Regarding Delimiter Characters ............................................................31 Multiple fixed length data fields .................................................................................................31 SPECIFYING FILTERS, OUTPUT FORMATS, AND FIELD LENGTHS ..............................................32 Selecting Filters ..........................................................................................................................33 Specifying Math Expressions .....................................................................................................34 Defining Output Formats ............................................................................................................34 Specifying Field Lengths ............................................................................................................35 Specifying Pre / Postamble Keystrokes (Send Keystrokes Mode) ..............................................35 Specifying DDE commands (DDE Server Mode) ......................................................................36 Specifying Pre / Postambles (Log To Disk Mode) .....................................................................38 TRANSLATION TABLES ........................................................................................................................39 Pre-Input Character Translation Table ........................................................................................39 Pre-Transfer Character Translation Table ...................................................................................41 DEFINING SERIAL OUTPUT STRINGS .................................................................................................43 DEFINING HOT KEYS AND HOT KEY ACTIONS ...............................................................................45 Selecting Hot Key Actions .........................................................................................................45 Selecting Hot Key Keystrokes ....................................................................................................46 DEFINING A COMMAND SOURCE DDE LINK ...................................................................................47 DEFINING AN OUTPUT BUFFER DDE LINK .......................................................................................48 THE ACTIVATE MENU ...........................................................................................................................49 ACTIVATING WINWEDGE IN TEST MODE OR NORMAL MODE ...................................................51 THE WINWEDGE WINDOW ...................................................................................................................51 The Edit Menu ............................................................................................................................52 The Quit Menu ............................................................................................................................54 ACTIVATING WINWEDGE IN VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT MODE ......................................................55 ACCESSING ON-LINE HELP ..................................................................................................................56 KEYSTROKE MACRO RULES ...............................................................................................................57 DATE AND TIME STAMPS IN MACROS ..............................................................................................58 FORMAT EXPRESSIONS ........................................................................................................................59 Formatting Numbers ...................................................................................................................59 Formatting Character Strings ......................................................................................................64 Formatting Date/Time Expressions