DDE_Initiate

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version 6.0


DDE_Initiate (appliName; topicName) Integer

ParameterTypeDescription
appliNameStringName of application to use
topicNameStringName of document
Function resultIntegerChannel ID

Description

Every session must be initialized and then must be closed when the session is completed. This function starts the conversation with another application.

topicName may be the name of a document. To communicate directly with the application, pass "System" as the second parameter.

This function returns the ID of the open channel. A negative value indicates that no channel has been created, and denotes an error of execution.

See Also

DDE_Terminate.


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