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DDE - is it available in .NET?Hi all,
Is DDE still available in .NET? Is there a way to send DDE commands through VB.NET? Do I need an ActiveX component, or is there something in the .NET API or Win32 API that I can use? Hi,
Take a look at: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~markhurd/vbnetdde.zip. Dick -- Richard Grier, MVP Hard & Software Author of Visual Basic Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications, Fourth Edition, ISBN 1-890422-28-2 (391 pages, includes CD-ROM). July 2004, Revised March 2006. See www.hardandsoftware.net for details and contact information. "Dick Grier" <dick_grierNOSPAM@.msn.com> wrote in news:elJtyCr$GHA.3560 @TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:Damn - the code is ugly ... I expected that ... but thank you ;-) "Spam Catcher" <spamhoneypot@rogers.com> schrieb: ;-) Note that DDE is not supported by .NET out of the box because it is > Damn - the code is ugly ... I expected that ... but thank you ;-) considered a "legacy technology". -- M S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/> "Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-here@gmx.at> wrote in news:uCLUqOt $GHA.4***@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:>> Damn - the code is ugly ... I expected that ... but thank you ;-) I know... <sigh> but I have a requirement to hook into an app that looks > > ;-) Note that DDE is not supported by .NET out of the box because it is > considered a "legacy technology". like it's been around since Windows 3.1 (or older!) :S
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"Spam Catcher" <spamhoneypot@rogers.com> wrote in message Hey, it was only a proof of concept :-) What do you expect for public news:Xns986FAB2D7CFCusenethoneypotrogers@127.0.0.1... > "Dick Grier" <dick_grierNOSPAM@.msn.com> wrote in > news:elJtyCr$GHA.3560 > @TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > >> Hi, >> >> Take a look at: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~markhurd/vbnetdde.zip. >> >> Dick >> > > Damn - the code is ugly ... I expected that ... but thank you ;-) > domain ;-) Before you ask, it still works with .NET 2.0. -- Regards, Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.) (Hons.) "Mark Hurd" <markh***@ozemail.com.au> wrote in news:ORIrZ$KAHHA.3536 @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:>> Damn - the code is ugly ... I expected that ... but thank you ;-) Hi Mark, >> > > Hey, it was only a proof of concept :-) What do you expect for public > domain ;-) > > Before you ask, it still works with .NET 2.0. I should have clarified the amount of marshaling between win32 apis -> .NET is ugly :S In anycase, thank you for building a proof of concept - I'm VERY glad you did. I hope you didn't take my comments in the wrong way ... I appreciate your code :-)
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"Spam Catcher" <spamhoneypot@rogers.com> wrote in message There are now code examples out there that use DDEML, which will reduce news:Xns987297DD0DF8Ausenethoneypotrogers@127.0.0.1... > "Mark Hurd" <markh***@ozemail.com.au> wrote in > news:ORIrZ$KAHHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl: > >>> Damn - the code is ugly ... I expected that ... but thank you ;-) >>> >> >> Hey, it was only a proof of concept :-) What do you expect for >> public domain ;-) >> >> Before you ask, it still works with .NET 2.0. > > Hi Mark, > > I should have clarified the amount of marshaling between win32 apis -> > .NET > is ugly :S that (but I can't find the free ones at the moment). > It looks like I did, but that's OK. (You did see the emoticons through > In anycase, thank you for building a proof of concept - I'm VERY glad > you > did. I hope you didn't take my comments in the wrong way ... I > appreciate > your code :-) out?) -- Regards, Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.) (Hons.) "Mark Hurd" <markh***@ozemail.com.au> wrote in news:e3P2fzSAHHA.3620 @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:> It looks like I did, but that's OK. (You did see the emoticons through I'm sarcastically challenged - I need subtitles.> out?) I'll check out DDEML. Thanks again! When using DDE solutions, keep in mind that NetDDE is not supported
anymore on Vista. Spam Catcher wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Hi all, > > > Is DDE still available in .NET? Is there a way to send DDE commands through > VB.NET? > > Do I need an ActiveX component, or is there something in the .NET API or > Win32 API that I can use? Thanks for the alert about Vista.
Mike Ober. Show quoteHide quote "Theo Verweij" <tverw***@xs4all.nl> wrote in message news:%23SzsGURAHHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > When using DDE solutions, keep in mind that NetDDE is not supported > anymore on Vista. > > Spam Catcher wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> >> Is DDE still available in .NET? Is there a way to send DDE commands >> through VB.NET? >> >> Do I need an ActiveX component, or is there something in the .NET API or >> Win32 API that I can use? Sorry for the late response. I maintain an open source DDE library for
the .NET Framework. You can find it at the following link. http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/ndde Brian Spam Catcher wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Hi all, > > > Is DDE still available in .NET? Is there a way to send DDE commands through > VB.NET? > > Do I need an ActiveX component, or is there something in the .NET API or > Win32 API that I can use? "Brian Gideon" <briangid***@yahoo.com> wrote in More Info the Merrier.news:1163104003.996963.171290@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com: > Sorry for the late response. I maintain an open source DDE library > for the .NET Framework. You can find it at the following link. > > http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/ndde Thank you very much :-) 
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