DDEREQUEST

Purpose:

Retrieves a string item from a DDE conversation.

DDEREQUEST(chan, "item")

chan	-	An integer, the DDE channel number returned by DDEINITIATE.
"item"	-	A string, the item to retreive.

A string representing the value of the item requested.

chan = ddeinit("Excel", "Sheet1")

dderequest(chan, "R1C1")

ddeterm(chan)

establishes a DDE conversation with Excel, returns the value of the cell in row 1, column 1 as a string and then terminates the conversation.

DDEREQUEST always returns a string. Use DDEGETDATA to obtain a series.