Re: Forms 4.5 and DDE!! Help!

Assuming you want the DDE link for a VB application, the service name is the name of the vb executable. If you're running the VB project from within design mode, the service name is usually the name of your project.  In either case, it should be running when you attempt to initiate your link.

Good luck.

Grant Hartline
FSE II
NEC America, Inc.
ghartline_at_cng.dl.nec.com
In article <5feetd$li2_at_bs33n.staffs.ac.uk>,   cm3bcmea_at_bs47c.staffs.ac.uk (Matthew Adcock) wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to do DDE between Forms 4.5 and VB 4!!!
>
> To do this you have to set up a conversation between Forms and VB using the
> DDE.INITIATE command. In this command you must specify 2 parameters - the
> service name (i.e. EXCEL, WORD) and the topic name (i.e. 'c:\abc.xls').
>
> Does anybody know what the service name is for VB because I've
> tried everything
> I can think of but it always returns an error!!????
>
> Can anyone help....??
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mat.
>
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