Thanks Bob; for your reply.
TkWinDDe is include in the ruby TK package.
and handles the command as you describes them.
The problem is this is a very limited subset of DDE commands possible.
As I found out on the website quote below; you can set the time which the dderequest command waits for...
It seems I am the last person using DDE.
I tried Ruby-forum for this post; no reaction for over a week.
I am stuck and have no alternative. My data vendor only allows DDE as a method to access the data.
- Who wrote the TKWinDDe; is there still a project team around?
- Is this the right forum...
Hi:
I am using Tkwindde within Ruby and having some problems.
I call a application/service called TOS.
My call to TKwindde is
tk_call("DDE", "REQUEST", "TOS", "MARK", datafield)
sometimes I get my data in, sometimes I get first N/A returned.
If I run the dde call in excel I see the N/A...
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