XL5: DDEInitialize in VB User's Guide Should Be DDEInitiate

ID: Q123838

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

On page 211 of the "Visual Basic User's Guide," version 5.0, the last paragraph incorrectly states the following:

After you use DDETerminate, the DDE channel cannot be used unless you start DDE again with the DDEInitialize method.
The correct information is as follows:
After you use DDETerminate, the DDE channel cannot be used unless you start DDE again with the DDEInitiate method.


MORE INFORMATION

The DDEInitiate method is used to establish a connection and return the DDE channel.

The DDEInitiate method has the following syntax. 


   channelNumber=DDEInitiate(applicationname,topicname)

Additional query words: 5.00a 5.00c docerr XL5

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Version : MACINTOSH:5.0,5.0a; WINDOWS:5.0,5.0c
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
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Last Reviewed: October 25, 1999
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