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Par2: DYMO DDE expample
2004-06-24 -- Jolda Ron
 
Here is some DDE code that I am using and that DOES work.

Variables:
server (long)  ! dde channel  ID
l:DDECannel ! Ulong
l:DDELabelFile ! String(40)
l:line 1 - 7 are Cstring(80)

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l:DDECannel = DDECLIENT('DYMO','System')

!---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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       ! open label file

!---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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       l:DDELabelFile = 'ARX.LWT'
       DDEEXECUTE(l:DDECannel,'Open(' + l:DDELabelFile + ')')
       DDEEXECUTE(l:DDECannel,'MiniTool')
       DDEEXECUTE(l:DDECannel,'Hide')

!---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------
       ! send values to printer

!---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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     !  DDEEXECUTE(l:DDECannel,'SetObjectText(Address,This is line 1|this is
line2|thisis line 3)')

      l:line1 = clip(P:PTNAME) & '   DOB: ' & P:PTDOB   & ' -- Date: ' &
format(tor:tdate,@d2)
      l:line2 = clip(P:RX)   & '     -- SUBSTITUTE: ' &  P:SUBSTITUE
      l:line3 = 'Disp: ' & clip( P:disp)
      l:line4 = 'Sig: ' & P:sig
      l:line41 = 'REFILLS: ' & CLIP(P:REFILLS)  & '       - -  LABEL: ' &
P:LABEL
      l:line5 = 'RXDate: ' & P:RXDATE   & '  Dr. ' & P:RXdoctor
      l:line6 = 'RX-ID: ' &  clip(P:RXIHID)  & '    - - OrderIH_ID: ' &
P:TORIHID

       l:line7  =  l:line1 & '|' & l:line2 & '|' & l:line3 & '|' & l:line4 &
'|'& l:line41 & '|' &  l:line5 & '|' & l:line6

       DDEEXECUTE(l:DDECannel,'SetObjectText(Address, '& l:line7& ')')


     !@  DDEEXECUTE(l:DDECannel,'Restore')

       DDEEXECUTE(l:DDECannel,'Print')
       DDEEXECUTE(l:DDECannel,'Print')
!       ...
        DDEEXECUTE(l:DDECannel,'Show')
       DDEREAD(l:DDECannel,DDE:Remove,'System')
       DDEClose(l:DDECannel)



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