DDESend (Function)

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DDESend (Function)

In french: DDEEnvoie

Sends a data to the program connected via DDE.

Example

MaConnexion = DDEConnect("Excel", Sujet)  // Connexion
Compteur = 3	  // Répète 3 fois si nécessaire
LOOP	   // Envoie les données
	IF DDESend(MaConnexion, Item, Data, 10) = True THEN BREAK
	Compteur --
	IF Compteur = 0 THEN
		Error("L'information n'a pas pu être envoyée à Excel")
		BREAK
	END
END
DDEDisconnect(MaConnexion)	// Déconnexion

Syntax

<Result> = DDESend(<Connection ID> , <Object for Sending> , <Data> [, <Timeout>])

<Result>: Boolean

True if the sending was performed,
False if an error occurred (DDEError returns the details of the error).

<Connection ID>: Integer

Connection identifier, returned by DDEConnect.

<Object for Sending>: Character string

Object for sending to the program.

<Data>: Character string

Data that must be sent to the connected program.

<Timeout>: Optional integer or optional Duration

Maximum wait duration (in seconds). If the command was not run:
If <Timeout> is specified, there is a delay of <Timeout> seconds before exiting DDESend.
If <Timeout> is not specified, there is an endless wait.
Note: This parameter can correspond to:
an integer corresponding to the number of seconds,
a Duration variable,
duration in plain text (e.g. '1s').

Remarks

Limit

The size of the parameters used by DDESend is limited to 1000 characters.

Component: wd300std.dll