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   Message 7,962 of 9,834   
   Liz McGuire to Ike   
   Re: Working with Paradox 8 via DDE   
   01 Dec 06 15:55:54   
   
   From: liz@paradoxcommunity.com   
      
   Neither.  You're better off connecting to the database (tables) directly   
   rather than trying to go through Paradox the application to do it.   
      
   What application did you want to use to control Paradox?   
      
   Liz   
      
      
   Ike wrote:   
   > I am a newbie when it comes to working with Paradox DDE. Is there a   
   > DDE reference guide for sending commands to Paradox that shows the   
   > proper syntax? I want to be able to send commands to Paradox to search   
   > for matching fields, extract entire records, create a new Paradox   
   > database, add new records, etc. Google does not turn up anything   
   > useful.   
   >   
   > Or, is this something that is better accomplished via OLE?   
      
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