User`s manual

7 ActiveX and DDE Support
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ActiveX is a set of object-oriented technologies and tools that allow software
developers to integrate application-specific components from different vendors
into their own application solution. ActiveX Control components can be both
visually and programmatically integrated into an ActiveX control container,
such as a MATLAB figure window. ActiveX Automation allows MATLAB to
both control and be controlled by other ActiveX components.
Dynamic Data Exchange, or DDE, is a feature of Windows that allows two
programs to share data or send commands directly to each other. MATLAB
provides functions that use this data exchange to enable access between
MATLAB and other Windows applications in a wide range of contexts.
This chapter discusses the following topics:
•“Introducing MATLAB ActiveX Integration”
•“MATLAB ActiveX Client Support”
•“Writing Event Handlers”
•“Additional ActiveX Client Information”
•“MATLAB ActiveX Automation Server Support”
•“Additional ActiveX Server Information”
•“Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)”