DDEOpenConversation

Prototype

IntHandle:=DDEOpenConversation(strPath,strServer,strTopic) 

Description

Opens a conversation channel with a DDE server.

Parameters

StrPath:  string that contains the complete path of the executable of the application in case the application in not active.

StrServer: string that contains server name, usually the name of the executable without the file extension.

StrTopic:  string that contains conversation argument, usually must use 'system'.

Returned value

IntHandle: integer value that makes the handle to be used in the other functions of the same type.

Notes

None.

Example

// opens a conversation using winword.exe program

HandleDDE:=DDEOpenConversation('c:\programs\microsoft\winword.exe','winword','system');

// send a command macro to the server

DDEExecute(HandleDDE,'[Open("c:\documents\test.doc")]');

// Close the conversation

DDECloseConversation(HandleDDE);