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LogicPro User’s Guide

Chapter 17: Dynamic Data Exchange

Doc.# 28002-00 Rev 3.00

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Open a Topic

To Open a topic:

1.

Select the

Topic

menu.

2.

Select

Open Topi

c. The

Select DDE Topic

dialog

box appears.

3.

Choose the topic you want to use from the list.

4.

Click

[OK]

. Only one topic can be open at a time.

Once the topic is selected, the LogicPro DDE server is ready
to run. At this point, the necessary configuration is read from
the

.FPR

file and all hardware is initialized.

Close a Topic

To Close a topic:

1.

Select the

Topic

menu.

2.

Select

Close Topic

. The DDE Server closes the topic.

Modify a Topic

You can modify a topic by changing the

.FPR

file with which

it is associated. As long as the topic is not open, it can be
modified.

To Modify a topic:

1.

Select the

Topic

menu.

2.

Select

Modify Topic

. The

Select a Topic to Modify

dialog box appears.

3.

Select the topic you want to modify.

4.

Click

[Edit]

.

5.

Change the name of the

.FPR

file with which you are

creating the client-server relationship.

6.

Click

[OK]

, then click

[OK]

again.

Delete a Topic

To Delete a topic:

1.

Select the Topic

menu.

2.

Select

Delete Topic

. This removes the topic from the

list of available topics.