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Product Manual U42006-J-Z795-1-7600
Appendix DDE data exchange
12.1.2 Establishing DDE connections to other Windows
applications
In order to establish the DDE connection to the target application, you will need
to take preparatory steps in the relevant application. The steps you need to take
in the individual situations depend on the target application and are described
there.
The following section contains an example of how to link to a document that was
created using the Windows application MS Word.
Ê First open the Word document in which you want to paste the data and posi-
tion the cursor where the text is to be pasted.
Ê Select Field.... in the Paste menu:
In the dialog box that appears, select the Connection entry from the list of field
types to be entered.
Ê Delete the Connection entry in the Field Function text box. The parameters
that should be entered instead are as follows:
Type: Specify DDEAUTO here, if you want automatic updates, or
DDE if updates are to be carried out manually.
Filename: Specify the filename of the connection to the MT9750 emu-
lation here.
Position reference:marked
Format: Specify the item defined in the emulation from which the
data should be transferred here.
Ê Confirm your data with OK.
In the case of an automatic connection (type=DDEAUTO), the emulation pas-
ses on the data that has changed to the application. DDE connections are
saved with the relevant session.
If you want the DDE connection to be updated manually, you have to pass on
data that has changed yourself.
If you want to establish a connection to an MS Excel document, select the target
area required and enter the following array formula:
=MT9750|marked!<item>
(Array formulas are entered by pressing Shift+Ctrl+Enter).