Personal Communications DDE Interface

This section describes the DDE functions that can be used from the other applications, such as Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Visual Basic.

DDE functions for system conversation

• Initiate System Conversation
• Get System Configuration
• Get System Formats
• Get System Status
• Get System SysItems
• Get System Topics
• Terminate System Conversation

DDE functions for session conversation

• Initiate Session Conversation *1
• Find Field
• Get Operator Information Area
• Get Partial Presentation Space
• Get Presentation Space
• Get Session Status
• Get Trim Rectangle
• Put Data to Presentation Space
• Search for String
• Session Execute Macro
• Set Cursor Position
• Terminate Session Conversation *2

DDE functions for session conversation (hot link)

• Initiate Session Conversation (same as *1)
• Start Close Intercept
• Start Keystroke Intercept
• Start Session Advise
• Stop Close Intercept
• Stop Keystroke Intercept
• Stop Session Advise
• Terminate Session Conversation (same as *2)

• DDE functions for system conversation

  Function	Page
  Initiate System Conversation	Initiate System Conversation
  Get System Configuration	Get System Configuration
  Get System Formats	Get System Formats
  Get System Status	Get System Status
  Get System SysItems	Get System SysItems
  Get System Topics	Get System Topics
  Terminate System Conversation	Terminate System Conversation

• DDE functions for session conversation

  Function	TopicPage
  Initiate Session Conversation *1	Initiate System Conversation
  Find Field	Find Field
  Get Operator Information Area	Get Operator Information Area
  Get Partial Presentation Space	Get Partial Presentation Space
  Get Presentation Space	Get Presentation Space
  Get Session Status	Get Session Status
  Get Trim Rectangle	Get Trim Rectangle
  Put Data to Presentation Space	Put Data to Presentation Space
  Search for String	Search for String
  Session Execute Macro	Session Execute Macro
  Set Cursor Position	Set Cursor Position
  Terminate Session Conversation *2	Terminate Session Conversation

• DDE functions for session conversation (hot link)

  Function	TopicPage
  Initiate Session Conversation (same as *1)	Initiate Session Conversation
  Start Close Intercept	Start Close Intercept
  Start Keystroke Intercept	Start Keystroke Intercept
  Start Session Advise	Start Session Advise
  Stop Close Intercept	Stop Close Intercept
  Stop Keystroke Intercept	Stop Keystroke Intercept
  Stop Session Advise	Stop Session Advise
  Terminate Session Conversation (same as *2)	Terminate Session Conversation