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From: patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick Deupree)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: databases for MS-Windows
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Date: 27 Aug 90 23:37:25 GMT
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In article <8334@fy.sei.cmu.edu> bwb@sei.cmu.edu (Bruce Benson) writes:
}The idea is that Actor can use QE as a database engine (dbase, SQL server,
}etc) via DDE.  This is of course all theory as I have not yet been able
}to get Actor to use DDE in a useful manner.  If anyone has put together a
}DDE class for Actor (initiate, execute, poke, terminate, etc) that is
}more complete than the example provided by Whitewater, I would love to get 
}a copy. I suspect you need to be a *real* windows programmer (ie, have the
}SDK and documentation) to figure out how to use DDE in actor.

We've got classes for DDE.  They just aren't quite ready for release yet,
so we only offer them on an as requested basis with the understanding that
they aren't supported.  They work pretty well though.  One of our developers
was playing with Q&E the other day and it looks good.
-- 
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 trivial pursuit."  -Harlan Ellison

Patrick Deupree ->	patrickd@chinet.chi.il.us