Application.DDETerminate method (Excel)

Closes a channel to another application.

Syntax

expression.DDETerminate (Channel)

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
Channel Required Long The channel number returned by the DDEInitiate method.

Example

This example opens a channel to Word, opens the Word document Formletr.doc, and then sends the FilePrint command to WordBasic.

channelNumber = Application.DDEInitiate( _ 
 app:="WinWord", _ 
 topic:="C:\WINWORD\FORMLETR.DOC") 
Application.DDEExecute channelNumber, "[FILEPRINT]" 
Application.DDETerminate channelNumber

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