Product Manual

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A Excel spreadsheet may be created as a template with headings and formulas. WinDDE may be
configured to use the template file and create a new filename based on the date. When the date
changes while Win-DDE is running the current Excel file is saved and the template file is again
copied to create a new file for the new date. To configure this behavior save the blank excel file
(header text may be in the file) to a specific path such as: “C:\WT.XLS”. Specify the capture
filename as “C:\WT*” (Do not include the “.XLS”) When WinDDE is started the template will
be copied to a date based filename such as “C:\WT_2004_02_18.XLS”. When the date changes
the file will be closed, and a new file “C:\WT_2004_02_19.XLS” will be created.
Advanced
Click the “Advanced” button for advanced capture options.
For each type of capture the spreadsheet columns and starting row may be specified. If a
Date/Time column is specified WinDDE will add a date/time stamp from the computer to the
output. Click “OK” to accept any changes and return to the “Setup Indicators” dialog box.
Click the "OK" button to end the "Setup Indicators" dialog box and resume normal server
operation.