RE: [DUG]: Sharing strings in 2 applications

[Allan Vergara]

Use WM_COPYDATA to send strings or other data to another application.   sample code: var   CopyData :TCopyDataStruct;   s :String; begin   s:= 'Some string.....';     CopyData.dwData:=  ;  //Message that identifies the data attached, can be any cardinal value meaningfull to the other app.   CopyData.cbData:= Length(s);  //Size of the memory to be shared   CopyData.lpData:= PChar(s);  //Address of the memory to be shared     SendMessageTimeout(DestHWND, WM_COPYDATA, Self.Handle, LongInt(@CopyData),  SMTO_NORMAL, timeout, result); end;   Hope that helps   _______________________ Allan D. Vergara Software Engineer Niche Software Ltd http://www.WorkPace.com     -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Ross Levis Sent: Thursday, 6 November 2003 1:23 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: Sharing strings in 2 applications I am colaborating with another developer so we can share some information between our 2 applications.  His app is written in C.  We currently send integer values using WM_USER messages by obtaining the Windows handle via FindWindow.  I would now like to provide a filename for the other app to read somehow.   Sharing strings between apps has come up before here a couple of years ago but I can't find the messages in the archive.  Anyone?   Thanks, Ross Levis.