Dynamic Data Exchange with codeblocks

[exkise]

Hello !

I'm currently trying to communicate with Code::Blocks. I've read this page which tells us that it is possible to send command to codeblocks via Dynamic Data Exchange.

Maybe it is a lack of knowledge from me, but I find that the documentation is not really helping.

I went to the msdn page about using DDE but I'm not familliar with this protocol either.

I've seen this code example from msdn :

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    static BOOL fInInitiate = FALSE;
    char *szApplication;
    char *szTopic;
    atomApplication = *szApplication == 0 ?
    NULL     : GlobalAddAtom((LPSTR) szApplication);
    atomTopic = *szTopic == 0 ?
    NULL     : GlobalAddAtom((LPSTR) szTopic);

    fInInitiate = TRUE;
    SendMessage((HWND) HWND_BROADCAST, // broadcasts message
        WM_DDE_INITIATE,               // initiates conversation
        (WPARAM) hwndClientDDE,        // handle to client DDE window
        MAKELONG(atomApplication,      // application-name atom
            atomTopic));               // topic-name atom
    fInInitiate = FALSE;
    if (atomApplication != NULL)
        GlobalDeleteAtom(atomApplication);
    if (atomTopic != NULL)
        GlobalDeleteAtom(atomTopic);


Using this non-talking sample and other code part from different place, I couldn't manage to get codeblocks to respond to my WM_DDE_INITIATE message.

Could you, please, tell me what do I have to send to get codeblocks to anwser me ?

Any help could be usefull

[oBFusCATed]

What do you want to use the DDE for?

[exkise]

Well, that's a weird question, I'd like to use the commands described in the doc ^^

[oBFusCATed]

Looking at the code I suppose you have to set the topic to "CodeBlocksDDEServer".
You can check for yourself in src/src/app.cpp.

[exkise]

Thanks, I'll look at that.

If I manage to get something to work properly, I'll post an example of working code.