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Product Manual U42006-J-Z795-1-7600
Working in emulation sessions DDE data exchange via the clipboard
7.4 DDE data exchange via the clipboard
DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) is a mechanism for establishing and administe-
ring links between various Windows applications. The linked applications can
then exchange and update their data automatically.
MT9750 supports DDE data exchange in two ways: DDE data exchange via the
clipboard and DDE communication using DDE data elements. Since DDE data
exchange via the clipboard is considerably easier to set up and given that more
recent Windows applications no longer support DDE communication via data
elements, we recommend that you use the clipboard to exchange data. The
(outdated) method is only supported for reasons of compatibility. (The descrip-
tion of data exchange via DDE data elements can be found in the Appendix
under “DDE data exchange“).
The following steps are required for exchanging data using DDE via the clip-
board:
Ê Select the area from which the data is to be copied.
Ê Copy the data to the DDE interface using the menu Edit: To DDE.
Ê Insert the link in the target application (e.g. using Paste in Microsoft Word.)
An automatic DDE connection is thus established and the data from the selec-
ted area is immediately copied to the target application whenever changes are
made.