Editor Started with DDE

Enter the Service Name , Topic Name , and the Client Command for the DDE connection to the editor (Microsoft Developer Studio [Editor Started with DDE (Microsoft Developer Studio)] or UltraEdit-32 [Editor Started with DDE (UltraEdit-32)]). The Topic Name and Client Command entries can have modifiers for the filename, line number, and column number as explained in Modifiers.

Figure 1. Editor Started with DDE (Microsoft Developer Studio)
Editor Started with DDE (Microsoft Developer Studio)

For Microsoft Developer Studio, use the settings in the following listing.

Listing: .Microsoft Developer Studio configuration
 Service Name : msdev 
 Topic Name : system 
 Client Command : [open(%f)] 

UltraEdit-32 is a powerful shareware editor. It is available from www.idmcomp.comwww.idmcomp.comwww.idmcomp.com or www.ultraedit.com, email idm@idmcomp.com. For UltraEdit, use the following settings.

Listing: UltraEdit-32 editor settings.
Service Name : UEDIT32 
Topic Name : system 
Client Command : [open("%f/%l/%c")] 
Note: The DDE application (e.g., Microsoft Developer Studio or UltraEdit) must be started or the DDE communication fails.
Figure 2. Editor Started with DDE (UltraEdit-32)
Editor Started with DDE (UltraEdit-32)