Terminating a Channel with Q+E Closes the File

Last reviewed: November 4, 1994
Article ID: Q67442

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Q+E for Microsoft Excel, versions 2.1, 2.5 and 3.0

SUMMARY

When a file is the topic of a DDE channel to Microsoft Q+E or a file is opened over a channel initiated with the topic "system", that channel will close the file if you issue a terminate.

Workaround

Save the query before terminating the channel. This allows you to reopen the query in Q+E.

MORE INFORMATION

The following macro opens EMP.DBF, selects all employees hired after 1/1/85, and then saves the query as TEST.QEF. You can then move to Q+E and open TEST.QEF to view only employees hired after 1/1/85.

   chan=INITIATE("QE","SYSTEM")
   =EXECUTE(chan,"[open('c:\excel\qe\emp.dbf','dBASEfile')]")
   =EXECUTE(chan,"[select.column(hire_date)]")
   =EXECUTE(chan,"[add.condition(1,5,'1/1/85',FALSE)]")
   =EXECUTE(chan,"[save.query.as('test.qef')]")
   =TERMINATE(chan)
   =RETURN()

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Additional Reference Words: 2.1 2.10 2.10c 2.5 2.50 3.0 3.00 3.0a 3.00a

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Last reviewed: November 4, 1994
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