DDE Commands for Word, Excel, Access, Foxpro and Visual Basic

ID: Q96945

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a,
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    2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
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Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

The following table contains dynamic data exchange (DDE) commands for Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft FoxPro, and Microsoft Visual Basic in their respective languages. This table is useful if you know the name of a DDE command in one application and need to know the equivalent command in one of the other Microsoft applications.

   Word         Excel      Access       Foxpro        Visual Basic
   -------      -----      ------       ------        ------------

   DDEInitiate  INITIATE   DDEInitiate  DDEInitiate   LinkMode method
                                                      (Hot or Cold)

   DDERequest   REQUEST    DDERequest   DDERequest    LinkRequest method

   DDEPoke      POKE       DDEPoke      DDEPoke       LinkPoke method

   DDEExecute   EXECUTE    DDEExecute   DDEExecute    LinkExecute method

   DDETerminate TERMINATE  DDETerminate DDETerminate  LinkMode = None

MORE INFORMATION

Note that this is not a syntactical listing. You should use the proper manual to obtaining the complete syntax for each command.

REFERENCES

"Using WordBasic" by WexTech Systems, Inc. and Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Press, 1992.

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Version           : 1.x 2.x 6.0 6.0a 6.0c 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: July 30, 1997