Re: Launching separate Windows app from Forms 4.5 for DDE

Chris Fischer wrote:
>
> kkonopa_at_symantec.com (kirsten konopaski) wrote:
>
> >I need to perform DDE between FORMS and this separate Windows app. Any ideas on
> >how to launch this separate Windows application successfully? With Forms still
> >in control when it is completed?
>
> FYI. Under Windows 95 and Windows NT, when a form executes a HOST
> command, the command is processed and control returns to forms
> immediately. This is in contrast to WIn 3.x where the HOST command
> needs to terminate before control is returned to forms.

This should not happen with the 32 bit version of forms (d2k rel 1.3). And with the 16 bit version (d2k rel 1.2) this happens only when calling a 32 bit app, if you have a host command that calls a 16 bit app the behaviour will be similar to that on windows 3.1 (synchronous).

Preeti

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Received on Tue Apr 09 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST