README.TXT

DPLAUNCH 
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Sample application to demonstrate how to launch a DirectPlay application 
using the IDirectPlayLobby::RunApplication function. You can also use the 
BELLHOP sample lobby client application and the sample lobby server to do 
this. 
 
Note: MSVC may include older versions of the DirectX header files and 
libraries.  This sample requires DirectX 5.  In order to avoid compile 
errors, make sure the path to the DirectX 5 header files and libraries are 
listed BEFORE the MSVC header files and libraries through the 
Tools -> Options -> Directories menu. 
 
Instructions: 
 
1) Choose which application to launch. This dropdown listbox uses 
   IDirectPlayLobby::EnumLocalApplications to see what applications 
   are available. 
2) Choose which service provider to use. 
3) Choose the player name for this machine 
4) Choose either "Host Session" and supply a name for the session 
        - or - 
   Choose "Join Session" and supply the network address of the machine 
   that is hosting the session.  IPX requires no network address, 
   Internet TCP/IP requires an IP address or machine name, modem requires 
   a phone number to call and a modem. 
5) Click on "Run Application" 
 
Notes: 
 
- Make sure you use DPLAUNCH to launch an application on one machine 
  with the "Host Session" option first.  Then launch the application 
  on other machines (using DPLAUNCH) with the same service provider using 
  the "Join Session" option and the network address of the host (if needed) 
 
- DPLAUNCH will only join sessions that were created using DPLAUNCH. The 
  reason is that the session instance GUID is hard coded in DPLAUNCH. 
  Normally, DirectPlay generates one (if the application was not lobbied) 
  or a lobby server generates one and passes it to the lobby clients. 
 
- A real lobby client would be an application similar to DPLAUNCH but it 
  would be communicating with some lobby server to obtain all the 
  parameters for the IDirectPlayLobby::RunApplication call.