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I'm not sure I understand what your application is displaying -it might help if you would post screenshots of Goldmine and your app.
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You are pulling out the Company value with that DDE command, you cant do the same thing with MS CRM<br />
But you can use other ways (not as simple but possible)<br />
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You might find my comments on here usefull<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26450808/i-AM-TRYING-TO-FILL-THIS-WEBSITE-TEXT-BOX-WITH-WEB-CONTROL-I-HAVE-TRYED-MANY-TASK-AND-NONE-OF-THEM-WORK-CAN-ANY-ONE-HELP-ME.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26450808/i-AM-TRYING-TO-FILL-THIS-WEBSITE-TEXT-BOX-WITH-WEB-CONTROL-I-HAVE-TRYED-MANY-TASK-AND-NONE-OF-THEM-WORK-CAN-ANY-ONE-HELP-ME.html</a><br />
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Attached is an example of the current DDE link between my LIMS and Goldmine. &nbsp;Page 2 is the CRM in IE.<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2010/09_w37/346914/ScreenShots.pdf" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="Screens of current GM link and new CRM (60 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>ScreenShots.pdf</a>
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As I said, I understand what you are doing but you cannot use DDE in the same manner with IE<br />
You would have to attach to the IE window instance, but you could have many windows open, which one would be the one to use?<br />
Its hard to explain, I will attempt to build a test app , i have one that I cannot give the source to but i should be able to knock up a cut down one<br />

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GMGenius,<br />
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That's what I need. &nbsp;Seems like this method requires polling, but I can accept that.
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I have an application that (in part) integrates with Goldmine and is fairly simple. &nbsp;I send a text box to this function and it does the following (which makes the orders being displayed change as the user changes companies in Goldmine).<br />
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&nbsp;oCompanyField.LinkMode = vbLinkNone<br />
&nbsp;oCompanyField.LinkTopic = &quot;GOLDMINE|DATA&quot;<br />
&nbsp;oCompanyField.LinkItem = &quot;Company&quot;<br />
&nbsp;oCompanyField.LinkMode = vbLinkAutomatic<br />
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My question is this: &nbsp;We are moving to Microsoft CRM, which run in IE. &nbsp;How can I perform the same operation? &nbsp;Can I DDE info from an IE &quot;field&quot; being displayed on the screen?<br />
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See attached code and screenshot for better idea of what I am describing.<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2010/09_w37/346574/Working-GM-DDE-Function.bas" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="Example of how I do it now. (2 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>Working-GM-DDE-Function.bas</a><br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2010/09_w37/346576/MS-CRM-ScreenShot.JPG" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="Screenshot of CRM running in IE. (107 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>MS-CRM-ScreenShot.JPG</a>
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MS-CRM-ScreenShot.JPG

I have an application that (in part) integrates with Goldmine and is fairly simple.  I send a text box to this function and it does the following (which makes the orders being displayed change as the user changes companies in Goldmine).

 oCompanyField.LinkMode = vbLinkNone
 oCompanyField.LinkTopic = "GOLDMINE|DATA"
 oCompanyField.LinkItem = "Company"
 oCompanyField.LinkMode = vbLinkAutomatic

My question is this:  We are moving to Microsoft CRM, which run in IE.  How can I perform the same operation?  Can I DDE info from an IE "field" being displayed on the screen?

See attached code and screenshot for better idea of what I am describing.

DDE Info from IE (displaying Microsoft CRM

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