>George,
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>>>Hi folks,
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>>>I have an older application that uses DDE for some graphics manipulations. We're currently investigating upgrading to a newer object that will allow us to do the graphics work in the modern world as opposed to using computer 'stone age' <g> type controls. Until we get this vetting process accomplished it would be very nice if there were some newer/updated commands that I can use (that would map to some of the older ones) in order to buy a little time.
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>>>Apparently, NT dropped some of the older commands and so some of the commands we used have now essentially become useless as they time out and so forth.
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>>>Do you know of anywhere I can find a 'function map' that would give me the information I need so as to be able to wrap the existing older commands and based upon OS() run the appropriate version?
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>>>TIA!!
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>>DD,
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>>I don't think that the problem is with the various OSes, but the applications themselves. The DDE functionality maps to the Windows API, and everything after Win NT 3.1 and including XP, has this functionality. The question is do the current version of the application support it. For example, beginning with Lotus Smart Suite '97, they dropped DDE support. AFAIK, MS Office still supports it.
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>Understood. What I'm looking for (if it exists at all) is whether or not there are any new versions or equivilent API features that I can take advantage of based upon the information I can extract from OS(). Any ideas on where I can look? VFP 6.0 should still support these functions as they are still in the help file.
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>If VFP still supports the functions and they suddenly stop working on NT but still work on W95/8 (the case here) then I think it's an OS issue. My hope is that there are just newer ways to do the old work.

Well, I can tell you that they still work on Win2K Pro SP2. However, the "modern" way to accomplish the same tasks is via OLE Automation.

George

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