POKE Function Example in Q+E Manual Is Incorrect

Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q71493

SUMMARY

Page 78 of the "Q+E for Microsoft Excel User's Guide" for version 3.00 shows an incorrect example for using the POKE function to send data to Q+E.

If you enter the formula exactly as it is in the manual, the macro will display #REF! as a result for the cell containing the POKE function.

MORE INFORMATION

The POKE function has three parameters:

   =POKE(channel_num,item,data)

Removing the quotation marks from around the data parameters will allow the POKE function to operate correctly. The following example will show the correct entry:

   =POKE(chan,"R1C1:R2C1",C1:C2)

The data parameter references C1:C2 on the macro sheet that contains values that will be inserted in the first column of rows 1 and 2 in the Query window in Q+E.

REFERENCES

"Q+E for Microsoft Excel User's Guide." Version 3.00, page 78.

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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