Syntax

expression.DDEPoke(Channel, Item, Data)

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Channel Required Long The channel number returned by the 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.

Visual Basic for Applications 
channelNumber = Application.DDEInitiate( _ app:="WinWord", _ topic:="C:\WINWORD\SALES.DOC") Set rangeToPoke = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A1") Application.DDEPoke channelNumber, "\StartOfDoc", rangeToPoke Application.DDETerminate channelNumber
DDE Poke DDE Poke Method DDEPoke ddepoke method Send data to another application via DDE? Transmit some information from Excel to another program?

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