DDE Setup
Procedure
- From the Start menu, select Settings.
- From the Settings menu, select Control Panel.
- In the Control Panel program group, click Services.
- In the Services dialog box, select the CIMPLICITY service.
- Select Startup...
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In the Service dialog box:
- Set the Log On As field to system account.
- Enable the Allow Service to Interact with Desktop option.
- Click OK to close the Service dialog box and save your changes.
- Click Close to close the Services dialog box.
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Exit the Control Panel program group.
Note: When using a Visual Basic server to gather data for a CIMPLICITY project, it must have the ability to support more than one topic. It has been observed that Visual Basic has the capacity to support 128 items per topic.