Subject Re: DDE help From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:16:13 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 27/02/2020 07:56, Akshat Kapoor wrote: > Good morning Robie, > Something more for you to think about. > > You have an exe say robie.exe > > What is stopping you from calling > > robie.exe parameter1 prarameter2 > > from the command line. > > I just checked you can call a dbase exe from command prompt and it will > execute. > > And even commence would be having the option of executing some command > line commands. > > So instead of API you could be executing dbase exe from command line > with suitable parameters. Passing parameters to a program is all very well for start-up values but Robbie wants to pass values between programs as the values change throughout the day. Mervyn.