terminate( )

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Terminates a conversation with a DDE server application.

Syntax

<oRef>.terminate( )

<oRef>

A reference to the DDELink object whose connection to terminate.

Property of

DDELink

Description

Use terminate( ) to close a DDE link between dBASE Plus and a server application.

terminate( ) stops communication between dBASE Plus and the server application, but doesn't close the server application itself.

When you terminate a DDE link with terminate( ), you can restore it with reconnect. When you terminate the link with the release( ) method, the link can't be restored and you need to create another DDELink object again.