Microsoft KB Archive/111438

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Last reviewed: September 12, 1996

Article ID: Q111438 The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 4.0

SUMMARY
When you send DDE commands from another application to Microsoft Excel, it may be necessary to confirm that Microsoft Excel is in ready mode before you send the command. Ready mode indicates that Microsoft Excel is able to accept a DDE command.

To confirm that Microsoft Excel is in ready mode, use the REQUEST function and use "status" as the item_text argument, as in the following example

=REQUEST(channel_num,"status") where channel_num is an actual DDE channel number.