DDE Client?

Patrick Vrijlandt p.vrijlandt at aig.azn.nl
Wed Nov 21 06:53:33 EST 2001


"Patrick Vrijlandt" <p.vrijlandt at aig.azn.nl> schreef in bericht
news:9tg4bp$k4k$1 at odysseus.uci.kun.nl...
> This is all magic:
>
> import dde
> server = dde.CreateServer()
> server.Create('')
> conversation = dde.CreateConversation(self.server)

# correction:
conversation = dde.CreateConversation(server)
# I have them in a class

> conversation.ConnectTo(application, service)
>
> I'm afraid python dde leaks memory, but I haven't checked the source and
> have no confirmation from the author. If your application crashes after a
> few thousand dde-calls, think of this.
>
> --
> Patrick
> "David Brady" <daves_spam_dodging_account at yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
> news:mailman.1006302086.2966.python-list at python.org...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Recently I asked how Python could be used to perform
> > DDE, and the answer I got was something like "check
> > out win32all", which I have done.  I am now at wit's
> > end.
> >
> > I have an application running that has a DDE server in
> > it.  I know the name of server, the topic, and the
> > item I want to retrieve from it.  I imagine from
> > reading ActiveState's documentation that if I have a
> > PyDDEConv object handy, I can call its
> > Connect(server,topic) method to get the topic, from
> > which I can get an item, from which I can make
> > requests.
> >
> > So, the question of the hour is, how in the heck do I
> > get a PyDDEConv object in the first place?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -dB
> >
> > =====
> > David Brady
> > daves_spam_dodging_account at yahoo.com
> > I'm feeling very surreal today... or *AM* I?
> >
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