User`s manual

7 ActiveX and DDE Support

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The DDE Name Hierarchy

When you access MATLAB as a server, you must specify its service name, topic,

and item. The figure below illustrates the MATLAB DDE name hierarchy.

Topics and items are described in more detail below.

The two MATLAB topics are System and Engine.

MATLAB System Topic

The System topic allows users to browse the list of topics provided by the

server, the list of System topic items provided by the server, and the formats

supported by the server.

The MATLAB System topic supports these items:

•

SysItems

Provides a tab-delimited list of items supported under the System topic (this

list).

MATLAB

System

Engine

SysItems

Format

Topics

EngEvalString

EngStringResult

EngFigureResult

service

topics

items