DDEPoke sends data to the specified program and
document using the DDE channel.
Syntax
CALL ui.Interface.frontCall("WINDDE","DDEPoke",
[ program, container, cells, values, encoding ], [result] )
- program is the name of the DDE application.
- container is the document or sub-document that is to be used. A sub-document
can, for example, be a sheet in Microsoft™ Excel.
- cells represents the working items; see the program
documentation to know the format of cells.
- values represents the data to be sent; see the program
documentation to know the format of values.
- encoding is an optional parameter. It allows to force the encoding to use
between ASCII and wide char/unicode. When not specified, WinDDE will try to retrieve the correct
encoding by itself. Possible values are: "UNICODE", "ASCII"
- result is an integer variable receiving the status.
- result is TRUE if the function succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
- If the function failed, use DDEError to
get the description of the error.
Warnings
- The DDE connection must be opened; see DDEConnect.
- An error may occur if you try to set many (thousands of) cells in a single operation.