DDETerminate (statement)


Syntax	DDETerminate channel
Description	Closes the specified DDE channel.
Comments	The channel parameter is an Integer containing the DDE channel number returned from DDEInitiate . An error will result if channel is invalid. All open DDE channels are automatically terminated when the script ends.
Example	This example sets and retrieves a cell in an Excel spreadsheet. Sub Main() ????Dim cmd,q,ch% ????q = Chr(34)??' Define quotation marks. ?? ????Id = Shell("c:\excel5\excel.exe",3)??'Start Excel. ????Ch% = DDEInitiate("Excel","Sheet1") ?? ????On Error Resume Next ????cmd = "[ACTIVATE(" & q &"SHEET1" & q & ")]"??'Activate worksheet. ????DDEExecute ch%,cmd ?? ????DDEPoke ch%,"R1C1","$1000.00"??????'Send value to cell. ????'Retrieve value and display. ????MsgBox "The value of Row 1, Cell 1 is: " & DDERequest(ch%,"R1C1") ?? ????DDETerminate ch% ????Msgbox "Finished..." End Sub
See Also	DDEExecute (statement); DDEInitiate (function); DDEPoke (statement); DDERequest, DDERequest$ (functions); DDESend (function); DDETerminateAll (statement); DDETimeout (statement).