Application.DDEExecute method (Access)

Use the DDEExecute statement to send a command from a client application to a server application over an open dynamic data exchange (DDE) channel.

Syntax

expression.DDEExecute (ChanNum, Command)

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
ChanNum	Required	Variant	A channel number, the long integer returned by the DDEInitiate function.
Command	Required	String	A command recognized by the server application. Check the server application's documentation for a list of these commands.

Remarks

For example, suppose you've opened a DDE channel in Microsoft Access to transfer text data from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet into an Access database. Use the DDEExecute statement to send the New command to Excel to specify that you wish to open a new spreadsheet. In this example, Access acts as the client application, and Excel acts as the server application.

The value of the command argument depends on the application and topic specified when the channel indicated by the channum argument is opened. An error occurs if the channum argument isn't an integer corresponding to an open channel or if the other application can't carry out the specified command.

From Visual Basic, you can use the DDEExecute statement only to send commands to another application. For information about sending commands to Access from another application, see Use Microsoft Access as a DDE Server.

If you need to manipulate another application's objects from Microsoft Access, you may want to consider using Automation.

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