how do i use dde in autoit?

[lionfaggot 2]

so, i was looking to do some basic dde things with mirc, because mirc is a good program to use for dde, but i dont see any dde type things in the help file

and i dunno how to work with dlls just yet, so what im really asking is if someone could give a me a few examples of how to use dllcall and other dll typee stuff, and how do i figure

out what functions a dll contains, i realize a dll is a library of functions (or so i think) but how do i use them and how do i figure out what functions they actually have

thanks in advance guys

[jvanegmond 293]

Dll's usually have documentation describing what functionality they expose. As far as examples go, the forum is chock-full of them. Also, what is DDE? I only know it as Dynamic Data Exchange which mIRC is not a good program for at all. Remember that we're AutoIt experts here, not mIRC experts.

Edited February 3, 2011 by Manadar

[lionfaggot 2]

mirc supports DDE, i just wanted to sort of "link" a few mirc scripts with autpoit exes

[lionfaggot 2]

and how is it not good for DDE? most mp3 scripts use dde to and from winamp lol

[lionfaggot 2]

i really meant to ask how would i use dde from autoit, but i kinds fucked up my question lol

[jvanegmond 293]

You have everything you need to get started. Unless you have more specifics questions..

mIRC DDE documentation: http://www.quickfox.net/help/winhlp32.exe/mIRC/mirc.hlp/id/dde.html

Leads to:

Using SendMessage to communicate: http://www.quickfox.net/help/winhlp32.exe/mIRC/mirc.hlp/id/96zzc_.html

AutoIt supports SendMessage via the _SendMessage function. See the help file.