DDE in Windows?

Gerhard Haering gh_pythonlist at gmx.de
Thu Nov 8 17:14:38 EST 2001


On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 01:51:16PM -0800, David Brady wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible to use DDE from within Python on Windows?  I'd like to
> run a script that can send DDE commands to a server, and possibly to
> register a service and listen as well.

At least client-side DDE is possible with the win32 extensions from
ActiveState. You can get these with their ActivePython Python
distribution or seperately with the win32all download from their site
(www.activestate.com).

Gerhard
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