Using Atoms

The most typical use for atoms is in DDE applications. In the DDE protocol, applications use global atoms to identify the applications exchanging data, the nature of the data being exchanged, and the actual data items being exchanged. For more information about DDE, see Atoms and Shared Memory Objects. For examples that show how to use atoms, see the following topics:

• Initiating a Conversation
• Retrieving an Item from the Server
• Submitting an Item to the Server
• Terminating a Data Link