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DDEStart()
Start a DDE conversation
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Syntax
DDEStart( <hWndClient>, [ <cApp> ] , [ <cTopic> ] )   -->  hWndServer

Arguments
<hWndClient> is the handle of the window starting the conversation.

<cApp> is an optional string specifying the name of the DDE
server application.  (Default: any responding server.)

<cTopic> is an optional string specifying the DDE topic name.
(Default: any/all topics.)

Returns
If successful, a handle to a unique server window (which may
not be displayed) is returned, otherwise NIL is returned.

Description
This function can be used to start a DDE conversation with the
named server, with the topic (if any) specified.  The window
handle returned must be used when posting messages to the
server, to identify the particular conversation to the server.

This function is provided in the \clip4win\source\dde.prg file.

Example
hWndWinword = DDEStart( hWndClient, "Winword", "System" )

//  Further examples are in DDE.PRG in the \clip4win\source directory.