_Application.DDEInitiate(String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll

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Opens a DDE channel to an application.

public:
 int DDEInitiate(System::String ^ App, System::String ^ Topic);

public int DDEInitiate (string App, string Topic);

Public Function DDEInitiate (App As String, Topic As String) As Integer

Parameters

App: String

Required String. The application name.

Topic: String

Required String. Describes something in the application to which you're opening a channel — usually a document of that application.

Returns

Int32

Remarks

If successful, the DDEInitiate method returns the number of the open channel. All subsequent DDE functions use this number to specify the channel.

Applies to