How can I make a script which automatically loads Phantom when I connect to my "Phantom" character in zMUD? I think you have to use something like #DDE or #COM, but I'm pretty crap in this area of zMUD scripting. I've tried things like:



But nothing I've tried works.

You mean Phantom the echo server? I am not even sure it has COM support, though you'd have to ask the developer about that. The safest bet would be to shell execute the application using its full path. Check Zmud's docs for functions that allow you to launch a new process directly. Though often times applications like Zmud don't provide such functions for security reasons, but it could be there just for completeness' sake.

Thanks, I found it. And yes, I mean the Phantom Repeater, telnet echo server.

It's:


Which would be this on most systems:


Simple!