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Application Data Passing
Strengths
Interactive and Can be interactive or can work without the user's
non-interactive knowledge.
Copying items to It is good at passing HP Desk data out of HP Desk.
MPE
Copying items from It is good at passing MPE data into HP Desk.
MPE
Good Forms file It allows you to process forms including forms in a
data processing Forms Package created when using Acknowledgment level
capabilities 6.
Can use Help files It allows you to access HP Desk's help system.
Can utilize It can execute script files.
scripts
Can import MPE You may want to import a file (perhaps a report) into
files HP Desk's database so that it can be mailed to other
HP Desk users. This can be done in one of the
following ways:
* The first way is to bring the file into HP
Desk via the Clipboard.
* The second way is to run the application from
a script and make the application move the
file to the Work Area.
* The application can execute a script held in
an MPE file which mails the report and then
returns control to the application.
Can file items in If you need to file items, Application Data Passing
HP Desk can either put items in your Filing Cabinet by using
the Clipboard (this requires user interaction) or can
use a script file.
Considerations
Works easiest in To automatically get items from an area other than
the Work Area the Work Area, you either have to use the Clipboard
which requires user interaction, or the "current
area" functions. If you use the "current area"
functions users have to put themselves in the right
place before running the application. For example,
you would have to run your application in the
relevant folder of your Filing Cabinet in order for
your application to get items from the folder.
Done in real-time When a file is brought into HP Desk using Application
Data Passing, the Clipboard, Work Area or HP
File/Library, this is done in real-time. Users must
wait until the transfer is complete before they can
do anything else. If you are bringing in a very
large file this can take a long time.
Only readily Application Data Passing is not available to the
available on the whole HP Desk network. This means that HP Desk users
one HP 3000 on another machine cannot directly communicate with
an application if the application is not available on
their machine.
Needs programming Programmer resources are needed to write or modify
resource applications to use Application Data Passing.