Application.DDEPoke Method (Word)

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

Syntax

expression .DDEPoke(Channel, Item, Data)

expression A variable that represents an Application object. Optional.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data Type	Description
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

Security Note
Dynamic data exchange (DDE) is an older technology that is not secure. If possible, use a more secure alternative to DDE, such as object linking and embedding (OLE).

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

See Also

Concepts

Application Object Members

Application Object