+ wxCHECK_MSG( !!cmd, 0, wxT("empty command in wxExecute") );
+
+ wxString command;
+#if wxUSE_IPC
+ // DDE hack: this is really not pretty, but we need to allow this for
+ // transparent handling of DDE servers in wxMimeTypesManager. Usually it
+ // returns the command which should be run to view/open/... a file of the
+ // given type. Sometimes, however, this command just launches the server
+ // and an additional DDE request must be made to really open the file. To
+ // keep all this well hidden from the application, we allow a special form
+ // of command: WX_DDE:<command>:DDE_SERVER:DDE_TOPIC:DDE_COMMAND in which
+ // case we execute just <command> and process the rest below
+ wxString ddeServer, ddeTopic, ddeCommand;
+ static const size_t lenDdePrefix = 7; // strlen("WX_DDE:")
+ if ( cmd.Left(lenDdePrefix) == _T("WX_DDE#") )
+ {
+ const wxChar *p = cmd.c_str() + 7;
+ while ( *p && *p != _T('#') )
+ {
+ command += *p++;
+ }
+
+ if ( *p )
+ {
+ // skip '#'
+ p++;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ wxFAIL_MSG(_T("invalid WX_DDE command in wxExecute"));
+ }
+
+ while ( *p && *p != _T('#') )
+ {
+ ddeServer += *p++;
+ }
+
+ if ( *p )
+ {
+ // skip '#'
+ p++;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ wxFAIL_MSG(_T("invalid WX_DDE command in wxExecute"));
+ }
+
+ while ( *p && *p != _T('#') )
+ {
+ ddeTopic += *p++;
+ }
+
+ if ( *p )
+ {
+ // skip '#'
+ p++;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ wxFAIL_MSG(_T("invalid WX_DDE command in wxExecute"));
+ }
+
+ while ( *p )
+ {
+ ddeCommand += *p++;
+ }
+ }
+ else
+#endif // wxUSE_IPC
+ {
+ // no DDE
+ command = cmd;
+ }