DDE client help

[bogdan romocea]

Dear Python experts,

I'm facing a simple problem which however I'm having a hard time
solving. I have a DDE server with data that changes from time to time.
I need to put together a DDE client that would 'notice' updated values
on the server and append them as a new row in a text file.

1. How do I connect to the DDE server, and ask for data?
In OpenOffice.org it looks very simple:
=DDE("FPS";"TIM E";"PRC")
I also have some VB code which does the same thing:
Private Sub Command1_Click( )
Text1.LinkTopic = "FPS|TIME"
Text1.LinkItem = Text4.Text
Text1.LinkMode = vbLinkAutomatic
I checked the DDE client sample code from
C:\Python24\Lib \site-packages\win32\ Demos\dde,
however I got stuck here:
conversation.Co nnectTo("FPS"," PRC")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#2 1>", line 1, in ?
conversation.Co nnectTo("FPS"," PRC")
error: ConnectTo failed

2. Once I manage to connect to the DDE server, how do I append the new
data values in a text file?

Suggestions and sample code will be highly appreciated.

Thank you,
b.


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