>>>>>What's the difference?
>>>>>
>>>>>Alex.
>>>>
>>>>A Bunch -- like in Bananas! (g)
>>>>
>>>>What I look at is OLE is pretty much standard in it's way of doing things & in DDE each manufacturer implements 'their' interpretation of what they think DDE is. You must be very familiar with each piece of software's implementation of DDE,
>>>>
>>>>HTH,
>>>>Tom
>>>
>>>So you mean I should use DDE if I need something that OLE doesn't specify?
>>>
>>>Alex.
>>
>>
>>I mean DDE was the first attempt at high level windows messaging. OLE took it's place. Use OLE -- which btw, is now ActiveX... (s).
>>
>>Tom
>
>I thought Willy changed its name, I mean ActiveX is a far more attractive name than OLE or OCX :-)
>
>BTW, I just saw a baby rottweiller (correctly spelled?) and let me tell you he was absoulutely irresistible...
>
>Alex.

I liked OLE -- gave it some flair! BTW, 1 'l' -- Rottweiler. Yeah, so irresistable I got 3!

Tom