DDEConnect
DDEConnect — makes
a connection to a DDE service and topic.
Syntax
(DDEConnect label service topic [retry_sec])
Arguments
- label
- A
string that identifies this connection.
- service
- The DDE serice name, as a string
- topic
- The
DDE topic, as a string.
- retry_sec
- The time interval, in seconds, that the
connection should be retried in case of a disconnect or
network failure.
Returns
A message indicating success or
error. Please refer to Return
Syntax for details.
Description
This command establishes a
connection to a DDE service and topic, and names the connection.
The point or points that use this connection are defined by the
DDEAdvise)
command. Both of these commands are used when you add or edit
connections in the DDE option of the Properties window. For more
information on DDE connections, please see Section 3.2, “DDE
Connections” and Appendix F, DDE Overview.
