Nils-Odd Solberg wrote: > Hi, > > I have found and used these built in OOo BASIC methods > > * DDEExecute(nDDEChannel, command) > * DDEInitiate(Server, Topic) > * DDEPoke(nDDEChannel, item, data) > * DDERequest(nDDEChannel, item) > * DDETerminateAll() > > when communicating and exchanging data with another application (a quite > old MS Windows application). This works pretty fine :-) All the > communication that starts in/from OOo works fine. > > The issue is when the communication starts in/from the other > application, typically when sending an DDEExecute() to OOo e.g. to start > an macro. Nothing happens. No errors or execptions seems to be raised. > Why? Any ideas? Any experience and knowledge with something similar?
The problem is that there is not even a specification how macros can be called via DDE. Basically it's possible (on Windows) but currently not implemented. I don't know about the other DDE commands. Getting this implemented would require an RFE, I assume. Best regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
