Description
Sends a DDE message indicating whether the command or data received from a remote DDE application was acceptable.
Syntax
RespondRemote ( boolean )
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Argument |
Description |
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boolean |
A boolean expression. true indicates that the previously received command or data was acceptable. false indicates that it was not. |
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:
String Applname, Topic, Item, Value
GetDataDDEOrigin(Applname, Topic, Item)
IF Applname = "Gateway" THEN
IF GetDataDDE(Value) = 1 THEN
RespondRemote(TRUE)
END IF
END IFSee also
