J Commands and Events

The following summarizes the Window Driver commands and event types. Here:

S	is the service name
T	is a topic
I	is an item
D	is some data

Server commands:

ddename S	set service name S
ddereqd D	provide data D to a ddereq event. It must be the first command given after a ddereq event is received.
ddeadvise T I D	provides data D to advise loops with given topic and item. It returns 0 if the loop is no longer active.

Server events:

ddepoke	data has been sent
ddeex	execute command string
ddereq	request for data
ddestart	request to start advise loop

Client commands:

ddecons	return conversation names (service and topic)
ddedis [S [T]]	disconnect
ddeex S T D	execute command in server
ddepoke S T I D	poke data to server
ddereq S T I	request data from server
ddestart S T I	start advise loop
ddestop S T I	top advise loop

Client events:

result	answer to ddereq query
ddeadvise	new data from advise loop