poke( )

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Sends data to a DDE server.

Syntax

<oRef>.poke(<item expC>, <value expC>)

<oRef>

A reference to the DDELink object that has the link.

<item expC>

The name of the desired item.

<value expC>

The value you want to send (as a string).

Property of

DDELink

Description

Use the poke( ) method to write data to a DDE server application.

For example, a data-exchange program could start a session in Quattro Pro, open one of its spreadsheet files, and use poke( ) to write a value into one of its cells.