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From: Alan Merrell
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:21

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I'm trying to pass data in and out of Excel using DDE.  The Borland OWL package
made it easy to connect -- but... the DdeGetData call moves data into my
buffer, but I can't figure out what the data means.  The sample program
supplied by Borland just passes text.  The windows.h file defines several
"clipboard format" types - but it doesn't define the type Excel uses.  My
Excel documentation only describes the Excel commands - no clue as to the
data format.

Any help in how to track down the "oxcboa" clipboard format is appreciated.
Thanks - arm

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