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    GE PMCS Tech note# 22 http://genet.edc.ge.com/systems/Technote/note22.

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    Technical Note #22


    GE Power
    Management Control
    System Guidelines for Visual Basic DDE Client Apps
    Description
    Subject: Guidelines for VB DDE client application development.
    Software
    Hardware
    Applies To: PMCS systems that utilize Visual Basic to implement the DDE
    Operation protocol.
    Product Support
    Operator Interfaces The following guidelines should be adhered to when using Visual Basic:
    F A Q’s
    App Notes 1. Make sure that the connection is established before issuing any DDE request
    Download Area or poke.
    Manuals 2. Don’t change the ’LinkItem’ property when a connection is already
    Useful established. Terminate the link first, then re-connect.
    Information 3. Don’t re-initiate a link without terminating it first.
    Glossary of Terms 4. It is always good practice to terminate a link if you suspect that it may be
    Useful Links active.
    Search Tech support 5. Before establishing any link, make sure that LinkMode property is set to
    We want to hear None ( no link ), and once the topic and item name have been set, set
    from you! LinkMode property.
    On error resume next
    Service and Support Ctl.LinkMode = vbLinkNone
    locations around the world .
    .. Ctl.LinkTopic = appname & "|" & topic
    Ctl.LinkItem = item
    Ctl.LinkMode = LinkType ( Automatic, manual or warm link )
    6. Set a long enough time-interval before timing out for DDE requests. Some
    data, like the Event special item, take a bit longer to receive (as the device
    may not have an event or device communication is faulty). In those cases,
    even if a time-out occurs, the link should remain established. The default
    time-out for the DDE server to time-out for data requests is 5 seconds.
    However, this can be changed within the "ini" file.
    In Visual Basic, setting a DDE link automatically generates an initiate
    request, followed by an advise request. Be aware that during an initiate
    conversation, if Visual Basic time-outs first, it generates a time-out message.
    If server time-outs, then Visual Basic generates a DDE refuse message.
    However, Visual Basic generates the same DDE refuse message whenever an
    item name is not supported by the server, though when the item name is
    wrong, the refuse message comes immediately. Ensure that the client DDE
    time out period is less than server time-out period. This reduces the confusion
    between a wrong item name error and an actual server time out, which are the
    same Visual Basic error message.

    Example: For DDE Connection

    Select Case MakeConnection(clientLinkMode)

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    Case 0 ( No error )
    ConnectState True
    Case errDDERefused ( error code 285)
    MsgBox "Please check the item name and re-connect."
    Disconnect txtData
    Case errNoAppResponded ( error code 282 )
    MsgBox "Unable to establish dde link. Please make sure that application and topic
    names are spelled correctly."
    Case errNoChannelOpen ( error code 293)
    MsgBox "Unable to initiate the dde link. Couldn’t establish connection."
    End Select

    Keywords

    Visual Basic; VB; Client Applications

    Related Notes

    none

    Last Revised 11/8/96

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