Windows DDE Server via Python

[d. savitsky]

thanks. i think a fair amount of reading and bugging the maker of the server
is in my future.

doug

"Penfold" <spam at spam.com> wrote in message
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> This is fairly easy using the dde module that comes with Mark Hammonds
ever
> invaluable win32all distribution.
> [http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/].
>
> Once you've grabbed it look at files in the win32/demos/dde subdirectory
of
> your Python directory.  You'll see connecting
> as a DDE client is a piece of cake.
>
> I'm not sure how warm/hot DDE links can be implementing using it but
static
> requests and Execs are no problem.
>
> Des.
> [cosi@*REMOVESPAM*operamail.com]
>
> d. savitsky <dsavitsk at e-coli.net> wrote in message
> news:V5Qg5.89374$dF.3137888 at news1.rdc1.il.home.com...
> > has anybody ever connected to a Windows DDE Server via Python? is it
> > something i should do or not?
> >
> > i have a .dll that does it for me and i just use windll (god bless Sam
> > Rushing), but the dll is written badly (i.e. it crashes often from
python,
> > vb, c++, anything really, and doesn't give much in the way of error
> > messages) so i thought i might skip the middle man - although it could
be
> > the server itself that sucks ...
> >
> > thanks for any suggestions,
> >
> > doug
> >
> >
>
>