Mimic Setup
Utility Button Setup - DDE Poke

The DDE Poke Command does a DDE poke transaction on the entered fixed parameters to another application.

Parameter Settings

Example Settings

Param Item Example
Param 1 Application DDE Application Name MyAppName
Param 2 Topic DDE Topic Name MyTopic
Param 3 Item DDE Item Name MyItem
Param 4 Data DDE Data Data

Action when button pressed

The DDE Poke is done to the Application, Topic and Item and is sent the item as defined in Data.

Note:

Each button can only write fixed data as defined by the data set in Param 4 the Data Item.
i.e it is not possible to open a dialog and the user enter data that will be sent in the poke operation.
For information on supported Application Name, Topic and Item see you applications information.
The transaction is performed by DDEML calls and not message based DDE.