DDE Example - 2025 R1 Released!

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Updated PowerBuilder DDE Example Application

Built using the latest STD Framework!

        Software Tool & Die Inc. are very pleased today to announce an updated example application that demonstrate a fully working Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Client and Server application! This latest release of the DDE Client/Server applications are are all written in the latest PowerBuilder version 2025 and and fully utilize the latest STD Integrated Framework version 2025 R1.

    In this updated release, the DDE Demo Applications includes the following changes:

• Built using PB2025 GA build 3683
• Uses the STD Integrated Framework  v2025.1.0.436
• Updated to support the PB2025 GA Theme features
  
• Incorporates MS-Windows notification utility built in PB 2025 GA
• Incorporates MS-Windows Marquee utility built in PB 2025 GA 
• Includes deployment examples for 32 & 64bit M-Code / P-Code
  
• Tested the DDE code on W10 version 22H2 build 19045.4529
• Tested the DDE code on W11 version 24H2 build 26100.4351
• PowerClient or PowerServer 2025 GA deployment ready as well!
  

Actual DDE Client and DDE Server in action!

 

    The deployed EXE's for the DDE Client and DDE Server are also included in the DDE Example Applications download. You can run either the Client or Server in mixed modes. For example a 32 bit client and a 64 bit server (or vise versa), a P-Code client and an M-Code server (or vise versa), or any combination of the various DDE EXE's built from the STD Framework. The DDE features will work with any combination of the above EXE's. So this feature is just another tool in the PBToolBox that PB Developers can use to accomplish inter-application communication!

  You can download the new STD Framework DDE Demo App for PB2025 GA build 3683, as follows:

DDE Demo App:  Download 

STD Framework:  Download  (latest OrderEntry Demo App that uses the framework!)

Note: Older DDE examples and STD Frameworks are available in their respective "Archive" sub-folders found in the above links.

   Enjoy ... please let me know what you think & if you have any feature suggestions that you might like me to add for future releases! 

Regards ... Chris