DDEPeek

DDEPeek retrieves data from the specified program and document using the DDE channel.

Syntax

CALL ui.Interface.frontCall("WINDDE","DDEPeek",
  [ program, container, cells, encoding ], [ result, value ] )

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.
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"
value represents the data to be retrieved; see the program documentation to know the format ofvalues.
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.
value is a variable receiving the cells values.