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- From: alanm@askinc.ASK.COM (Alan Merrell)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
- Subject: DDE exchange formats
- Keywords: dde excel
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.202115.16006@askinc.Ingres.COM>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 20:21:15 GMT
- Sender: alanm@askinc (Alan Merrell)
- Organization: ASK Computer Systems, Inc.
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- I'm trying to pass data in and out of Excel using DDE. The Borland OWL package
- made it easy to connect -- but... the DdeGetData call moves data into my
- buffer, but I can't figure out what the data means. The sample program
- supplied by Borland just passes text. The windows.h file defines several
- "clipboard format" types - but it doesn't define the type Excel uses. My
- Excel documentation only describes the Excel commands - no clue as to the
- data format.
-
- Any help in how to track down the "oxcboa" clipboard format is appreciated.
- Thanks - arm
-