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NDdeIsValidAppTopicList function

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[Network DDE is no longer supported. Nddeapi.dll is present on Windows Vista, but all function calls return NDDE_NOT_IMPLEMENTED.]

Determines whether an application and topic string ("AppName|TopicName") uses the proper syntax.

Syntax

BOOL NDdeIsValidAppTopicList(
  _In_ LPTSTR targetTopic
);

Parameters

targetTopic [in]

A pointer to the application and topic string to validate. This parameter cannot be NULL.

Return value

If the targetTopic parameter has valid syntax, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero.

Remarks

This function is also called by NDdeShareAdd when it creates the DDE share.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client
 Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
 Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only]
Header
Nddeapi.h
Library
Nddeapi.lib
DLL
Nddeapi.dll
Unicode and ANSI names
 NDdeIsValidAppTopicListW (Unicode) and NDdeIsValidAppTopicListA (ANSI)

See also

Network Dynamic Data Exchange Overview

Network DDE Functions

NDdeShareAdd