Need a quick DDE alternative/solution, Please

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In a program that I'm converting from VB6 to C# (VS .Net 2003 not
2005) there are a few DDE calls and they obviously don't work anymore
in .NET. I'm trying to find an easy way around this because there are
only 3 lines of code in the app for DDE.

frmDialer.txtDDEPop.LinkMode = NONE
frmDialer.txtDDEPop.LinkTopic = "<nameofprogram>"
frmDialer.txtDDEPop.LinkMode = MANUAL

There HAS to be an easy way around this. I've been searching Google
for 2 hours now and can't find a good solution.

The one thing that people keep referring to, NDDE

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/...mpleGuid=2c8c36cf-a974-4b7b-8924-2ed516b75181

Doesn't even allow me to load the reference to the .dll file in 2003,
only 2005 and I can't use 2005 for this project.

Anyone have ANY insight on this??
 
Are you using this program as a client, or as a server? Either way, it
seems your only option is going to be to access the DDE API through the
P/Invoke layer. It won't be pretty, but it should allow you to get the job
done.

Hope this helps.
 
It is used as a client to connect to a server program that I don't own
the code to. It's an external app used to get some user information.

Could you help me out by explaining a little more about what I would
do to use this P/Invoke layer?
I appreciate it. Thanks

Are you using this program as a client, or as a server? Either way, it
seems your only option is going to be to access the DDE API through the
P/Invoke layer. It won't be pretty, but it should allow you to get the job
done.

Hope this helps.

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In a program that I'm converting from VB6 to C# (VS .Net 2003 not
2005) there are a few DDE calls and they obviously don't work anymore
in .NET. I'm trying to find an easy way around this because there are
only 3 lines of code in the app for DDE.
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frmDialer.txtDDEPop.LinkMode = NONE
frmDialer.txtDDEPop.LinkTopic = "<nameofprogram>"
frmDialer.txtDDEPop.LinkMode = MANUAL
Click to expand...
There HAS to be an easy way around this. I've been searching Google
for 2 hours now and can't find a good solution.
Click to expand...
The one thing that people keep referring to, NDDE

Doesn't even allow me to load the reference to the .dll file in 2003,
only 2005 and I can't use 2005 for this project.
Click to expand...
Anyone have ANY insight on this??
Click to expand...
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