Microsoft KB Archive/96945

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

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Q96945

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The information in this article applies to:


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

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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 obtain the complete syntax for each command.