External Interfaces Reference

ddeinit

Initiate DDE conversation

Syntax

• channel = ddeinit('service','topic')
  

Description

channel = ddeinit('service','topic') returns a channel handle assigned to the conversation, which is used with other MATLAB DDE functions. 'service' is a string specifying the service or application name for the conversation. 'topic' is a string specifying the topic for the conversation.

Examples

To initiate a conversation with Excel for the spreadsheet 'stocks.xls':

• channel = ddeinit('excel','stocks.xls')
  
  channel = 
             0.00
  

See Also

ddeadv, ddeexec, ddepoke, ddereq, ddeterm, ddeunadv

ddeexec

ddepoke

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