DDE Replacement

[jbonwell]

I am upgrading a VB6 app over to VB.net and found out that Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) is no longer supported under .Net. Have tried other methods to recreate the functionality, but have been unsuccessful. Does anyone know how to make this work?

 

[ThatRickGuy]

Never used the DDE, what did it do?

-Rick

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[jbonwell]

The app would open up a file in PageMaker. Print the file using PDF distiller as a PDF, then close the file. I can make it work with SendKey, but there are too many problems with that.

 

[Dimandja]

Yes, DDE is not supported in .NET.

If automating PDF is what you need, follow links such as this one (google has tons more):

http://www.print-driver.com/howto/developer/programs/adobe_writer_com_vbnet.htm

 

[ThatRickGuy]

There is a free chunk of code out on the net called 'Ghost Script' that will allow you to print straight to PDF's also. There have been a few threads here about it too.

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[jbonwell]

Like I said, I have tried many other solutions. Printing directly to PDF was one of them. This app needs to open up the file in PageMaker first. The document is created in PageMaker and has numerious links and a TOC that needs to be generated in PM before printing can be done.

 

[Dimandja]

In other words, you are saying that Pagemaker must create the PDF?

 

[Dimandja]

Your question is odd. See

http://www.prepressure.com/pdf/apps/pagemaker.htm

Could you clarify?

 

[stsuing]

Can you make a dll to just do this dirty work and use it in the .Net application.