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DDE.INITIATE

Description

Opens a DDE conversation with a DDE server application.

Syntax

DDE.INITIATE (Service, Topic)

Parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

Service

VARCHAR2

DDE Server application's DDE service code

Topic

VARCHAR2

Topic name for the conversation

The values of Service and Topic depend on the values supported by a particular DDE server application. Service is usually the name of the DDE server application program. For applications that operate on file-based documents, Topic is usually the document filename; in addition, the System topic is usually supported by each service.

Returns PLS_INTEGER

Notes

DDE.INITIATE Examples

DECLARE
 ConvID PLS_INTEGER;
BEGIN
 /* Open a DDE conversation with Microsoft Excel for Windows
   on topic abc.xls. */
 ConvID := DDE.Initiate('EXCEL', 'c:/abc.xls');
END;