Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working

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texte = So rather than reach out to the international community of WebDNA developers (all 10 of us) you decided to learn php? ;) Thankfully my clients don't know or care what language is used to make their sites "go" they just want it to work. I figure if SM abandons WebDNA it won't matter for me because I'll just continue to use & support the latest version until I take the dirt nap :) Seriously. what does it matter if WebDNA bites the big one? We all know the language and know how to operate the software... what do we care? -Dan On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:34:29 +1100 Stuart Tremain wrote: > Yes, I hope so, I bought a book on PHP the other day after spending 8 weeks looking for a >WebDNA developer in Australia. > > > Stuart Tremain > idfk web developments, sydney, australia > > > On 30 Mar 2006, at 7:44 AM, Brian Fries wrote: > >> Holy cow... a message from Smith Micro on the talk list! I just >> searched the archives for messages with the Sender containing the >> substring "@smithmicro.com", and the last posting was September 8, >> from Doug Deck - over 6 months ago! Scott's last posting was July 28. >> >> I hope this means Scott is working on something good for us... it's >> been an awfully long silence that's leading a lot of long timers to >> pursue or consider other directions for their web sites. >> >> Brian Fries >> BrainScan Software >> >> >> On Mar 29, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Scott Anderson wrote: >> >>> Try this: >>> >>> Open the Windows 'services' dialog. >>> Double-click on the 'WebCat service' entry to bring up the >>> properties dialog. >>> Make sure the "Allow service to interact with desktop" option is >>> checked. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On >>> Behalf Of >>> Robie Blair >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:41 AM >>> To: WebDNA Talk >>> Subject: DDEConnect not working >>> >>> >>> Has anybody been able to get this to work? >>> I did a search on DDE and found 4 posts back in 1998 on the >>> subject with no >>> resolution. >>> Here is the code: >>> >>> This one should connect to MSWord, works fine in Excel: >>> [DDEConnect program=WinWord&topic=System] >>> [DDESend]topics[/DDESend] >>> [/DDEConnect] >>> >>> This is the same command attempting to connect to HEAT: >>> [DDEConnect program=CallLog&topic=Data] >>> [DDESend]GetValue Subset, CallID[/DDESend] >>> [/DDEConnect] >>> >>> Both return the following error: >>> Error: Couldn't connect to DDE program >>> >>> >>> TIA, >>> _____________________________________________ >>> Robie Blair >>> BlairCraft, LLC. >>> 1536 Coolcrest Dr. >>> Colorado Springs, CO 80906 719-930-9571 Cell >>> rblair@blaircraft.com >>> www.BlairCraft.com >>> _____________________________________________ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Robie Blair 2006)
  2. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Chris 2006)
  3. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Kenneth Grome 2006)
  4. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Chris 2006)
  5. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Kenneth Grome 2006)
  6. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Chris 2006)
  7. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Kenneth Grome 2006)
  8. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Chris 2006)
  9. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Kenneth Grome 2006)
  10. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Stuart Tremain 2006)
  11. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( "Dan Strong" 2006)
  12. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Stuart Tremain 2006)
  13. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Jay Van Vark 2006)
  14. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Stuart Tremain 2006)
  15. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( "Bess Ho" 2006)
  16. Re: Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( Gary Krockover 2006)
  17. Here we go again... was: DDEConnect not working ( "Dan Strong" 2006)
So rather than reach out to the international community of WebDNA developers (all 10 of us) you decided to learn php? ;) Thankfully my clients don't know or care what language is used to make their sites "go" they just want it to work. I figure if SM abandons WebDNA it won't matter for me because I'll just continue to use & support the latest version until I take the dirt nap :) Seriously. what does it matter if WebDNA bites the big one? We all know the language and know how to operate the software... what do we care? -Dan On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 09:34:29 +1100 Stuart Tremain wrote: > Yes, I hope so, I bought a book on PHP the other day after spending 8 weeks looking for a >WebDNA developer in Australia. > > > Stuart Tremain > idfk web developments, sydney, australia > > > On 30 Mar 2006, at 7:44 AM, Brian Fries wrote: > >> Holy cow... a message from Smith Micro on the Talk List! I just >> searched the archives for messages with the Sender containing the >> substring "@smithmicro.com", and the last posting was September 8, >> from Doug Deck - over 6 months ago! Scott's last posting was July 28. >> >> I hope this means Scott is working on something good for us... it's >> been an awfully long silence that's leading a lot of long timers to >> pursue or consider other directions for their web sites. >> >> Brian Fries >> BrainScan Software >> >> >> On Mar 29, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Scott Anderson wrote: >> >>> Try this: >>> >>> Open the Windows 'services' dialog. >>> Double-click on the 'WebCat service' entry to bring up the >>> properties dialog. >>> Make sure the "Allow service to interact with desktop" option is >>> checked. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: WebDNA Talk [mailto:WebDNA-Talk@talk.smithmicro.com]On >>> Behalf Of >>> Robie Blair >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 10:41 AM >>> To: WebDNA Talk >>> Subject: DDEConnect not working >>> >>> >>> Has anybody been able to get this to work? >>> I did a search on DDE and found 4 posts back in 1998 on the >>> subject with no >>> resolution. >>> Here is the code: >>> >>> This one should connect to MSWord, works fine in Excel: >>> [DDEConnect program=WinWord&topic=System] >>> [ddesend]topics[/DDESend] >>> [/DDEConnect] >>> >>> This is the same command attempting to connect to HEAT: >>> [DDEConnect program=CallLog&topic=Data] >>> [ddesend]GetValue Subset, CallID[/DDESend] >>> [/DDEConnect] >>> >>> Both return the following error: >>> Error: Couldn't connect to DDE program >>> >>> >>> TIA, >>> _____________________________________________ >>> Robie Blair >>> BlairCraft, LLC. >>> 1536 Coolcrest Dr. >>> Colorado Springs, CO 80906 719-930-9571 Cell >>> rblair@blaircraft.com >>> www.BlairCraft.com >>> _____________________________________________ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ "Dan Strong"

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