I t has been partly covered here it seems from an old thread. I am still not
sure what to do with this but an excellent example.
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=...ftngp02&rnum=1
"Antoine" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can somebody please explain what DDE has been replaced by in .NET (in
> simplistic terms)?
> "remoting"?
> A dde custom written server app to listen out for the specific
application?
>
> If it is NOT simplistic (eg C calls within win32 libraries) any idea why
it
> has been made so difficult by MS, except security considerations of .NET?
> There seem to be lots of progs that were easily written to pickup
variables
> from running apps, such as GoldMine. This was incredibly simple.
> However now its not possible.
> I have seen some samples around like DDElistener but on the whole its too
> complex for me. I can only just do VB, let alone any kind of C.
> What can be done to access data like DDE? Write your own DDE server or buy
> one?
>
> If anyone has any samples that specifically do the listening part for
> specific items (as used to be done with the .vblink) I am very grateful..
>
> Many thanks
> Tony
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