Action Request System 5.1 Developing AR System Applications ...

Action Request System 5.1DDE and ReportsWhen a user supplies data to the DDE Poke field in the sample form andclicks 1 Word DDE Poke, the data in the DDE Poke field is sent to thedocument specified in the Document field.You can create a report to send to another installed application by usingDDE.Sending a Report to Another Windows ApplicationBefore you can send a report to another application, perform the followingprocedure:1 Choose Tools > Options in AR System Windows User Tool.2 Click the Reports tab.3 Select the Enable Report to Applications check box.4 Click OK.Specifying Report Information in the dde.ini File1 Open or create the dde.ini file.The dde.ini file can be found in your configuration directory (\Home bydefault). It can be set up for use with multiple applications and is similar toother Windows .ini files. If you do not have a dde.ini file, create one andinclude the appropriate information shown below.2 Using a text editor, specify the fields that are required for DDE in the dde.inifile as follows:PathApplicationTopicSpecifies the full path of the application. Because this value isused to start the application, specify any required parametersin this field along with the path, for example:Path = c:\excel\excel.exeSpecifies the name of the application. Use the DDE servername of this application, for example:Application = excelSpecifies a series of DDE topics for each application. Formore information, see the application’s DDEdocumentation. For example:Topic = system86 "Chapter 3—Dynamic Data Exchange