RespondRemote
PowerScript function
Description
Sends a DDE message indicating whether the command or data received
from a remote DDE application was acceptable.
Syntax
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RespondRemote ( boolean ) |
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Argument |
Description |
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boolean |
A boolean expression. true indicates that the |
Return value
Integer. Returns 1 if it succeeds and -1 if an error occurs (for
example, the function was called in wrong context). If boolean is null,
RespondRemote returns null.
Usage
You can use RespondRemote when the PowerBuilder application is the
DDE server or DDE client application.
You usually call RespondRemote after these functions:
GetCommandDDE
GetCommandDDEOrigin
GetDataDDE
GetDataDDEOrigin
For more information about PowerBuilder as a client, see
OpenChannel and ExecRemote. For more information about PowerBuilder as a
server, see StartServerDDE.
Examples
In a script for the HotLinkAlarm event, these statements tell a
remote application named Gateway that its data was successfully
received:
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String Applname, Topic, Item, Value GetDataDDEOrigin(Applname, Topic, Item) IF Applname = "Gateway" THEN IF GetDataDDE(Value) = 1 THEN RespondRemote(TRUE) END IF END IF |
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