Send Media

The ToolTalk Messaging Service enables a container to easily send media requests and manage the subsequent document updates sent back by the handler. In those cases in which the container doesn't engage in any ongoing ToolTalk dialog with a media handler, use the actions API instead of directly using these ToolTalk APIs. Equivalent actions (Open and Print) represent a higher level of abstraction that supports the equivalent of ToolTalk and non-ToolTalk aware media handlers. For further information, see the man pages for ttmedia_load() and ttdt_subcontract_manage(). Note that, in most cases, a container application should perform operations on objects using DtActionInvoke() instead of ttmedia_load(). See the Common Desktop Environment: ToolTalk Messaging Overview for a description of how ToolTalk applications can be driven using actions.