You can send key-ins to MicroStation through a DDE link. For example, you can create a macro in a spreadsheet to start a DDE "conversation" with and send key-ins to MicroStation.

MicroStation understands the following types of DDE requests:

• INITIATE — Establishes a DDE link with MicroStation.
• EXECUTE — Passes key-in(s) to MicroStation.
• TERMINATE — Ends DDE conversation with MicroStation .

Applications that can make these DDE requests include Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, Object Vision, Visual Basic, and Word Basic.