Script Steps Reference
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Control script steps
- Chapter 3 Navigation script steps
- Chapter 4 Editing script steps
- Chapter 5 Fields script steps
- Set Field
- Set Next Serial Value
- Insert Text
- Insert Calculated Result
- Insert From Index
- Insert From Last Visited
- Insert Current Date
- Insert Current Time
- Insert Current User Name
- Insert Picture
- Insert QuickTime
- Insert Object (Windows)
- Insert File
- Update Link (Windows)
- Replace Field Contents
- Relookup Field Contents
- Export Field Contents
- Chapter 6 Records script steps
- Chapter 7 Found Sets script steps
- Chapter 8 Windows script steps
- Chapter 9 Files script steps
- Chapter 10 Accounts script steps
- Chapter 11 Spelling script steps
- Chapter 12 Open Menu Item script steps
- Chapter 13 Miscellaneous script steps
- Appendix A Glossary
Chapter 13
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Send DDE Execute (Windows)
Format
Send DDE Execute [<topic text or filename>; <service name>]
Options
Click Specify to display the “Send DDE Execute” Options dialog box, where you can set
the following options:
• Service name is the name of the application that executes the commands. Refer to
the documentation of the application you specify for the valid service name. You can
enter the service name directly as text or click Specify to create the service name
from a calculation.
• Topic is a filename or text string that describes the topic that the application executes
the commands on. Refer to the documentation of the application specified in the
Service Name for valid topics. You can enter the topic name directly as text or click
Specify to create the topic name from a calculation. For more information, see
FileMaker Pro Help.
• Commands are a calculated value or text string that specifies what the application
does. Refer to the documentation of the application specified in the Service Name for
valid commands and formats. You can enter the commands directly as text or click
Specify to create the commands from a calculation.
Web compatibility
This script step is not web-compatible.
Description
Sends a DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) command to another application to execute a
series of commands available in that application. FileMaker Pro sends DDE execute
commands, but does not receive them.
Notes
• Because DDE is a Windows feature, if you run a script containing a Send DDE
execute script step on a Mac OS based computer, the script step is ignored. (An error
code is generated, which can be captured with the Get(LastError) function.)
• When a FileMaker Pro script first establishes a DDE connection, the connection stays
open to execute subsequent script steps for the same service name and topic. If the
script includes another DDE Execute script step using a different service name or
topic, FileMaker Pro closes the current connection and opens another with the new
service name and topic. All open connections close when the script is completed.