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  1. Which file contains the DSData link info?
  2. Can the override bits be accessed via the DDE server V1.7?
  3. How do I make my Visual Basic application delay before start up of DSDATA on a boot up of my PC?
  4. Can DSdata and DirectSoft work together?
  5. Does DSdata communicate using Modbus?
  6. Do you need DirectSoft to run DSdata?
  7. Q: Is there an ASCII translation for DSDATA?
  8. Q: What is the max message size DSDATA will request?
  9. With DsData 4.0 connected to a PLC, I want to be able to store data in integer variables within a Excel visual basic macro so I can manipulate them before placing the values into the spreadsheet.
  10. What causes "data error" in "Link info?"
  11. Does DS Data support Wonderware's Fast DDE?
  12. What version of OPC does DS Data support?
  13. Attempting event-based data logging with DSDATA. When Excel cell data changes, I want to start data logging. Can you offer any hints?
  14. On DSDATA, I'm attempting to use two NICs in my PC, getting CSMain error.
  15. What if I want to use DS Data on multiple machines?
  16. How can I speed up the data throughput of my DS Data application?
  17. How to copy or save a DS Data "project?"
  18. Does the OEM License version of DS Data allow me to send a copy of DS Data to customer's PC as part of his application I am writing?
  19. DS Data has a nickname for an element that does not show up in the DirectSoft project.
  20. Upon starting DS Data, get "Critical error 1004 invalid INI file."
  21. Does DS Data via Ethernet require IPX or can it run only on TCP/IP?
  22. Can DS Data be set up to use a different IPX network number?
  23. Is there any way to define a single Item to address a block of V-memory within DSDATA?
  24. Can remote PC get data from DS Data running on local PC?
  25. What are the restrictions on characters used in user-created Item Names?
  26. Will DS Data work with NetDDE?
  27. How do I access a DSDATA subtopic in Visual Basic?
  28. Can DS Data be run as a service, or work with a client that is a service?
  29. Have a PC using Matrikon OPC Explorer and DS Data talking to 60 ECOMs. Is there a way to add a new ECOM without having to restart DS Data?
  30. Upgraded from DS DDE Server to DS Data. Now my client gets error: "Remote data not accessible" and then asks to start DDE. Reference line says "REF" which according to the manual means "DS Data Server is not running."
  31. Do you have any examples of how to use Microsoft Access with DS Data?
  32. Is it possible to enable and disable a link in DS Data using Visual Basic?
  33. Trying to access DS Data; get "Remote data not accessible, start application DSDATA.exe" and then "Cannot run DSDATA.exe, one of its components or files are damaged or missing," or "DSData failed to communicate, one of its components is damaged or missing."
  34. Why can't v3.0 and v4.0 of DS Data be installed on the same PC?
  35. Can't get OPC Client to browse OPC Items in DS Data.
  36. Can't get the Iconix OPC Client to browse to OPC Items in DS Data.
  37. Can an SQL Server get data from DS Data?
  38. DS Data works at first, but then after a while it locks up and my client can no longer get data from it.
  39. What is DBWin32 application on DSDATA?
  40. Can I get data from KEPdirect or DSDATA into a MS Access database?


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