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**DDECLOSE(** //channel// **)**

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| **DDECLOSE** | Closes an open DDE channel. |
| //channel// | The label of the LONG integer variable containing the channel number--the value returned by the DDESERVER or DDECLIENT procedure. |

The **DDECLOSE** procedure allows a DDE client program to terminate the specified //channel//. A //channel// is automatically terminated when the window which opened the //channel// is closed.

**Errors Posted:**

| 601 | Invalid DDE Channel |
| 602 | DDE Channel Not Open |
| 605 | Time Out |

**Example:**

**WinOne  WINDOW,AT(0,0,160,400)**

**        END**

**SomeServer LONG**

** CODE**

** OPEN(WinOne)**

** SomeServer = DDECLIENT('SomeApp','MyTopic') !Open as client**

** ACCEPT**

** END**

** ****DDECLOSE****(SomeServer)**

**See Also:**

[[ddeclient  return dde client channel .htm|DDECLIENT]]

[[ddeserver  return dde server channel .htm|DDESERVER]]