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  • Connecting to a DDE server
DDERetrieve (Example)
Connecting to a DDE server
This code example contains the client code used to start the DDE server, and to send and receive information.
// Example of client
 
// Connection
ConnectionNum is int
DDEStart(ServerName)
ConnectionNum = DDEConnect(ServerName, "MyTopic")
// Prepare to receive some messages
// Processed in the MODIF procedure
DDEEvent("MODIF", DDEtoModify)
// ...
// Run a server action
DDEExecute(ConnectionNum, "EXE1")
IF DDERetrieve(ConnectionNum, "Item1") THEN
Info("The retrieved data is" + DDEString())
END
// ...
// Send a value
DDESend(ConnectionNum, "Item2", Value)
// ...
// Disconnection
DDEDisconnect(ConnectionNum)
Minimum version required
  • Version 9
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Last update: 05/26/2022

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