Using DDE Macro to Send Commands from WinWord to Excel
PSS ID Number: Q58904 Article last modified on 06- 9-1992
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Summary: The example below is a macro for Microsoft Word for Windows that sends commands to Microsoft Excel for Windows using dynamic data exchange (DDE). This macro makes the following assumptions: - The worksheet “SHEET1.XLS” exists and is located in the C: directory. - There is a cell on this worksheet that was previously named “test” using the Formula Define Name command.
Example
In the following routine, the text between the single angle brackets ( < and > ) should appear as one line without the single angle brackets. <Declare Function IsAppLoaded Lib “kernel”(name<math display="inline">) As Integer Alias "GetModuleHandle"> SUB MAIN IF IsAppLoaded("EXCEL") = 0 THEN SHELL "EXCEL.EXE" ExecuteString</math> = “=B1{enter}” ChanNum = DDEInitiate(“EXCEL”, “C:1.XLS”) <DDEExecute ChanNum, “[App.Restore()][Formula.Goto( " + Chr<math display="inline">(34) + "test" + Chr</math>(34) + ")]”> DDEExecute ChanNum, ExecuteString$ DDEExecute ChanNum, “[App.Minimize()]” DDETerminate ChanNum END SUB Running this macro places the formula “=B1” in the cell named “test.”
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