DDEClient.poke Method

Sends unsolicited data to the server. This method is used by clients.

Syntax

public void poke(
    str Item, 
    str Data, 
   [int Wait])

Run On

Client

Parameters

• Item
  Type: str
  The Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) server item.

• Data
  Type: str
  The string data to send to the DDE server.

• Wait
  Type: int
  The wait time in seconds; optional. The default value is 5. A value of 0 indicates asynchronous transactions.

Remarks

If the transaction fails, the method throws Exception::DDEerror.

See Also

Reference

DDEClient Class