Request field

Command group	Flag affected	Reversible	Execute on client	Platform(s)
Exchanging data	YES	NO	NO	Windows

Syntax

Description

DDE command, Omnis as client. This command requests a data item from the DDE channel. An error occurs if the channel is not open. The command takes the Omnis field name and the server data item name as parameters. The data item name can contain square bracket notation. If the data item name is not specified, the Omnis field name is used. The flag is set if the command is successful.

Example

Set DDE channel number
 
1

Calculate
 
lAttempts
 as 
1

# keeps trying until conversation opened or number of attempts > 10

Repeat
  
Open DDE channel
 
Omnis|DDE2

  
Calculate
 
lAttempts
 as 
lAttempts
+1

Until
 
#F
|
lAttempts
>10

 
Calculate
 
iCommand
 as 
'[TakeControl]'

Send command
 
[
iCommand
]

If flag false
  
OK message
 
{
Error: [
iCommand
], Open Attempts = [
lAttempts
]
}

End If
 
Request field
 
iCompany
 {
iCompany
}

Request field
 
iAddress
 {
iAddress
}

 
Prepare for insert with current values
Enter data
Update files if flag set