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Universal DDE

35 bytes added, 15:15, 27 July 2018
==Setting up Universal DDE for Excel==
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:1. Open the Universal DDE data feed settings.
:2. Create an Excel book, e.g. '''Book1.xls''' and save it to the '''My documents''' folder on your PC.
::'''=EXCEL|'Book1.xls'!*C1'''
:::Where * is the reserved place for R1, R2, R3,...RN that should be your symbol names.
:5. Add your instruments manually and name them R1, R2, R3,...RN so that when they are added in place of * to the formula , a complete cell address was is formed.
:6. When you create a chart for one of the instruments it will reference the corresponding cell according to the formula.