Re: DDE in C#.NET

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From: Bob Grommes (bob_at_bobgrommes.com)
Date: 08/29/04


Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 08:33:02 -0700

It's not a pity that MSFT is no longer interested in this creaky old
protocol -- it's a pity that anyone else is. I'm sure that by not
supporting it MSFT is trying to disengage from perpetual support of legacy
standards to focus on the ones that really matter for the century we're
currently located in.

--Bob

"psg" <pgrodzki@ki.net.pl> wrote in message
news:cgrl3a$gcr$1@b177.ki.net.pl...
> "stolikmc" <stolikmc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:660412AC-66A4-4D6E-B514-AA0137E07487@microsoft.com...
> >I know .NET languages no longer support DDE. Is there a 3rd party
library
> > that adds this back in?
>
> try this one:
>
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=2c8c36cf-a974-4b7b-8924-2ed516b75181
> it works for me, unfortunatelly I've made it run only in console
> applications
>
> as far as I'm concerned DDE is still being used by stock quotes software
> etc., that's why it is a pity for me that MSFT is no longer interested in
> this protocol
>
> RGDS PSG



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