Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) is a form of communication between two applications on a windows machine. The /dde command can be used to create a dde connection with a dde server. When the topic parameter is required, you can use empty quotes ("") to indicate a blank topic.

Transactions

The dde command support three different types of transactions:

• XTYP_POKE - Used by default, sends unsolicited data to the server.
• XTYP_REQUEST - Used to request data from a server.
• XTYP_EXECUTE - Used to send a command string to the server.

The only time the [data] parameter is required is when the XTYP_POKE transaction type is used.

Synopsis

/dde [-re] <service> <topic> <item> [data]

Switches

• -r - uses XTYP_REQUEST transaction
• -e - uses XTYP_EXECUTE transaction

Parameters

• <service> - DDE Server service name
• <topic> - DDE Topic
• <item> - DDE Item
• [data] - Data to be sent

Example

;Open a new tab in opera, navigate to www.zigwap.com/mirc/
/dde -e Opera WWW_OpenURL "www.zigwap.com/mirc/"

Compatibility

Added: mIRC v3.9

Added On: 28/12/1995

Note: Individual switches were not taken into consideration.

See also

• List of commands
• List of identifiers
• $dde
• $isdde
• $ddename
• /ddeserver