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ddereq

Request data from DDE server application.

Calling Sequence

data = ddereq(item [,timeout])
data = ddereq(item)

Parameters

data

a string that contains the requested data.

item

A string that specifies the server application's DDE item name for the data requested.

timeout

A scalar that specifies the time-out limit for this operation. timeout is specified in milliseconds (1000 milliseconds = 1 second). The default timeout is three seconds.

Description

ddereq requests data from a server application via an established DDE conversation. ddereq returns a string containing the requested data.

Examples

// see dde_examples

See Also

Author

Allan CORNET


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