Network DDE For 16-bit Windows-based Apps Under Windows NT

SUMMARY

Network Dynamic Data Exchange (NetDDE) has limited support for 16-bit Windows application running under Windows NT. You can use DDE across the network, however, the NDde APIs are not supported.

The NDde APIs, such as NDdeShareAdd(), are used to create and manage the NetDDE shares, not for the actual communication. Therefore, for 16-bit applications to use NetDDE under Windows NT, you will need to use Generic Thunks to thunk to the 32-bit NDde APIs to create and trust the share. Once that is done, you can communicate using DDE or DDEML.

NOTE: You must be an administrator to add a DDE share.