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Reporting and
Templates
DDE Output
Data can be output to other applications using the Windows standard DDE protocol
from any template. However, data is generally output from the Runs template to ap-
plications such as Microsoft Excel. Data is sometimes also output from the Features
template. In most cases the Report and Tolerance templates are printed, but they can
be output as well.
The DDE output process is diagrammed here. In this example, data will be output
from the Features template using the DDE protocol:
1 Select the Features template
as the active template and select
the data to be output.
2 Click the Results window
and highlight the feature mea-
surements to be output.
3 Click File/DDE Output, enter the desired DDE
output parameters into the DDE Output dialog box
and click Save.
Output parameters
The following guidelines are provided for DDE out-
put parameters:
Connection
Application
• Must be filled in with an explicit string (e.g. EXCEL)
File Name
• Must be filled in with an explicit string (e.g. C:\QC5000\DATA.XLS). It’s safer to use full
path names here.
Exporting Data