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>I am finally getting to the nuts and bolts of the only part of my app that needs to use DDE. I haven't used DDE since school, so I need a little help.
>
>I am poking journal entries into Peachtree...
>Establishing the channel and topic is not problem, and I think I have the actual POKEing of the data under control.
>What I am lost on is how to set the file.
>For example in VB (where my only DDE experience lies),
>I would just set the object's
>linkitem = "file=generaljournal, field=date"
>text = "12/10/97"
>and then POKE it.
>Well in VFP, DDEPOKE doesn't have a parameter for the file, just the field.
>
>How do I tell Peachtree that the data I'm poking is going into the general journal?
>
>Thanks in advance for any wisdom you could impart.
Have you checked out the dde systax that Peachtree supports? There are probably some technical documents from Peachtree that will help you with this syntax and maybe even some sample code that you can modify for the VFP end.
Good luck,
Paul de Niverville
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