>I have no idea what category to put this in, so I picked here.
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>Anyone know what DDE is? Basics, especially, like what it stands for. I'm supposed to use this to interface with a program written in a different language and I don't have clue one about it.
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>Thanks,
Michelle,

DDE stands for Dynamic Data Exchange, it is the precursor technology to OLE. It is the very old way of doing things. There is a good chapter in Visual FoxPro 3 Unleashed on DDE (I know it's goood cuz' I wrote it) ISBN: 0-672-30758-8 publisher is Sams and the authors are Bazian, Booth, Long, and Norman.