Sending Key-ins to the Product Through a DDE Link
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.