Sends data to an application.

expression.DDEPoke(Channel, Item, Data)

expression Optional. An expression that returns an Application object.

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

Item   Required Variant. The item to which the data is to be sent.

Data   Required Variant. The data to be sent to the application.

Remarks

An error occurs if the method call doesn't succeed.

Example

This example opens a channel to Word, opens the Word document Sales.doc, and then inserts the contents of cell A1 (on Sheet1) at the beginning of the document.

channelNumber = Application.DDEInitiate( _
    app:="WinWord", _
    topic:="C:\WINWORD\SALES.DOC")
Set rangeToPoke = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1")
Application.DDEPoke channelNumber, "\StartOfDoc", rangeToPoke
Application.DDETerminate channelNumber