>>>Performance ?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>eric
>>
>>Two names for the same thing. COM is the name MS is currently pushing. DDE was an early version of it too.
>
>DDE was not an early version of COM. It used (and uses) a completely different set of mechanisms for communication.
Erik,
OLE grew out of DDE, which is based on Windows messagaing.
George
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