Subject Re: DDE help From Robbie Nott <robnott@mweb.co.za> Date Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:58:44 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 26/02/2020 17:25, rich@autotraker.com wrote: > I did have a working solution using DDE some time ago. (I think prior to > 6.x releases.) > While it did work, it had too many restrictions and was rather buggy. > Windows hasn't been supporting it for quite a few years. > Instead I went with Windows sockets. A control like the free SocketTools > or other various socket activeX controls will do most of what you need > and just about every programming language supports Windows sockets > natively in one form or another. (Except of course dBASE.) > Not only can you talk between different programs on the same machine but > you can talk between different programs on different machine within the > local network or even across the internet. > While I don't have any code examples to share, I'm sure there are more a > lot more developers using Windows sockets than there are using DDE. > Rich... > > > > "Robbie Nott"  wrote in message news:7Wae9gw6VHA.2884@ip-AC1E04A7... > > > Am trying to get the DDE example going from the dBase help > Using dBase 12 > > Created DDETopic.prg from the help example and ran it. > Get the output > Ready for DDE server requests for: STOCKSERVER > > Opened a second instance of dBase and typed > > x = NEW DDELINK() > ? x.initiate("STOCKSERVER","TEST") > > Result is False > I can see the StockServer in my task manager > > Any examples and/or help with DDE greatly appreciated Many thanks Rich Big smile on the (Except of course dBASE.) :-)