INFO: Windows 95 Support for Network DDE (125703)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API), when used with:
This article was previously published under Q125703 SUMMARY
Network DDE is a technology that allows applications that use the DDE
transport to transparently exchange data over a network. It consists
of two major components:
- The NetDDE agent. This is a service that acts as a proxy for the remote
DDE application. It communicates with all local DDE applications, and
with remote NetDDE agents using NetBIOS as shown in this chart:
Machine A Machine B
+-----------+ +-----------+
| | | |
| DDE App 1 | | DDE App 2 |
| | | |
+-----------+ +-----------+
^ | ^ |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
DDE DDE
Conversation Conversation
| | | |
| | | |
| V | V
+------+ +------+
|NetDDE| |NetDDE|
| Agent| < ------ NetBIOS session ------ > | Agent|
+------+ +------+ - A DLL that implements NetDDE API functions such as NDdeShareAdd,
NDdeShareDel, and so on. This DLL is usually named NDDEAPI.DLL.
In the interests of backwards compatibility, Windows 95 includes a NetDDE
agent and a 16-bit NetDDE API DLL. However, Windows 95 does not include a
32-bit NetDDE API DLL. Consequently, 32-bit applications that use NetDDE
API functions will need to thunk to the 16-bit NETAPI.DLL.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/30/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbAPI kbinfo kbnetwork KB125703 kbAudDeveloper |
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