RespondRemote

Description

Sends a DDE message indicating whether the command or data received from a remote DDE application was acceptable.

Syntax

RespondRemote ( boolean )

Argument	Description
boolean	A boolean expression. true indicates that the previously received command or data was acceptable. false indicates that it was not.

Returns

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

Example 1

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 IF