Texas Instruments TravelMate 5000 Series User Reference Manual page 77

System Utilities
communicate with Windows. This can be done in either of
two ways:
Note: Neither method is foolproof. Use of DDE requires
sophisticated knowledge of the application and information
that is usually poorly documented, if at all. Keystroke
n
sequences are easier to set up, but can fail due to the
application being in an unexpected state. For instance,
both methods may have difficulty handling an application
with a new document that has not yet been saved to any
file.
To make changes to this menu, enter the required
information in the fields provided and select Ok. To remove
an entry from the list of applications first select it from the
list, then select Delete Entry.
When selected, the Application Close Information dialog
box appears as shown in the following figure.
3-20 Custom Windows Utilities
Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) can be used to
communicate with Windows applications that support
it. Such applications are called DDE Servers. An
example is Microsoft Excel. This requires information
from the application vendor about DDE commands
that support it.
A sequence of keystrokes can be sent that simulate
keystrokes which normally shut down an application.
(For instance, to close an open Word for Windows file,
the keystrokes are Alt-F4.) This can even be used with
MS-DOS applications as long as they can be identified
by the window title.