>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;
It can all depend on what you're trying to do. I used DDE extensively in a FP 2.6 app to perform page layouts on word 6.0 . you can pass word basic commands through DDE and have full control and functionality of word. however it is pretty slow.