DDEPoke Method

Uses an open dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel to send data to an application.

expression   Optional. An expression that returns an Application object.

Channel   Required Long. The channel number returned by the DDEInitiate method.

Item   Required String. The item within a DDE topic to which the specified data is to be sent.

Data   Required String. The data to be sent to the receiving application (the DDE server).

Remarks

If the DDEPoke method isn't successful, an error occurs.

Example

This example opens the Microsoft Excel workbook Sales.xls and inserts "1996 Sales" into cell R1C1.

Dim lngChannel As Long

lngChannel = DDEInitiate(App:="Excel", Topic:="System")
DDEExecute Channel:=lngChannel, Command:="[OPEN(" & Chr(34) _
    & "C:\Sales.xls" & Chr(34) & ")]
DDETerminate Channel:=lngChannel
lngChannel = DDEInitiate(App:="Excel", Topic:="Sales.xls")
DDEPoke Channel:=lngChannel, Item:="R1C1", Data:="1996 Sales"
DDETerminate Channel:=lngChannel