OpenPlant Modeler Help

Sending Key-ins to the Product Through a DDE Link

You can send key-ins to OpenPlant Modeler 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 OpenPlant Modeler .

OpenPlant Modeler understands the following types of DDE requests:

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

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