Mark, This may not help, but I must try as it pains me to see a fellow programmer get tangled in the DDE briar patch.
Have you tried Integrated Mapping? Once I got a taste of it, I never looked back. In fact I haven't written a MB program in MapInfo Pro since. I can do everything faster and easier with Integrated Mapping. Plus, you can use all of the debugging tools and UI tools that come with VB. - Brad At 11:15 PM 5/16/2002 +0100, Mark Williamson wrote: >Hi > >Has anyone got experience with DDE in Visual Basic. > >Im trying to get a simple conversation going btw vb & mb > >I'm using the code straight out the documentation > > >On Error GoTo err > >Text1.LinkMode = 0 >Text1.LinkTopic = "MapInfo|test_dde.mbx" >Text1.LinkMode = 2 >Text1.LinkExecute "Hello" >Text1.LinkMode = 0 > >err: > MsgBox "No conversation established" > >for the visual basic side of things, and > >Sub RemoteMsgHandler > >Dim message As String > >message = CommandInfo(CMD_INFO_MSG) > >Print message > >Call ShowMap > >End Sub > > > >for the mapbasic code, but I cant get anything to happen! > >MapInfo is up and running, this is a simple as it gets I imagine so i must >be missing somethig simple but from the help i cant see what. > >Also the DDE client on the visual basic side always have to use a TextBox >(Text1) as its LinkXXXX I cant seem to get anything else to work. > > > >Any help much appreciated > > > >Thanks > > > >Mark > > Brad Mathews CTO, Cypress Technology Solutions, Inc. www.CypressSolutions.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
