Maze.exe Demonstrates DDE

ID: Q32931

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1

SUMMARY

MAZE is a file in the Microsoft Software Library that contains the source code to an application that demonstrates how to use dynamic data exchange (DDE) in a Windows-based application.

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Maze.exe

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When multiple instances of the MAZE application are started, MAZE draws a bouncing ball in the client area of one of its instances. MAZE creates a DDE communications link between instances of the MAZE application and uses this link to pass the ball to other instances at random. MAZE also creates a DDE conversation with Excel and passes statistical information about the ball to Excel.

MAZE demonstrates how to use DDE to pass information between applications and how to use PeekMessage to allow other applications to run simultaneously with a process-intensive task.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbfile kbsample kbDDE kbGrpUser kbUser
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Platform : WINDOWS
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