Function
Return the format name associated with a specified conversation.
DDEGetFormat ( ConvID_IV )
•ConvID_IV is an integer value representing the conversation ID assigned by the DDE DLL.
Description
Called by client or server. This function returns a string that is the format name associated with the current event for the conversation specified by the ConvID_IV argument.
Call this function only in response to the following events to determine if the format is one that the application can handle, or to determine how to interpret the data:
DDE pre-defines a text format, represented by the constant DDEFMT_TEXT, which is defined in ESLDDE.INC as the string "#1". Use this constant when testing the return value of DDEGetFormat in your application to determine if the data is in plain text format, since many other applications may request other formats before accepting plain text format.
Example
response to stimulus DDE DDE_ADVISE
copy eventparam to ConvID_IV
copy DDEGetFormat (ConvID_IV) to Format_SV
if (Format_SV = DDEFMT_TEXT) then
# Plain text format
# Accept the advise state
else
# Reject this advise
end if
