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Setting up DDE communications for
HMI tags

This appendix describes:

What DDE communications are.

How to set up DDE communications with HMI tags.

Scanning for new tag values.

Overview of DDE communications

To support legacy applications FactoryTalk View supports DDE communications.
The following illustration shows how FactoryTalk View SE might use DDE.

This section does not apply to Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Windows Vista or Windows
Server 2008.