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**DDEEXECUTE(** //channel, command// **)**

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| **DDEEXECUTE** | Sends a command string to an open DDE client channel. |
| //channel// | A LONG integer constant or variable containing the client channel--the value returned by the DDECLIENT procedure. |
| //command// | A string constant or variable containing the application-specific command for the server to execute. |

The **DDEEXECUTE** procedure allows a DDE client program to communicate a //command// to the server. The //command// must be in a format the server application can recognize and act on. The server does not need to be a Clarion program. By convention, the entire //command //string is normally contained within square brackets ( [ ] ).

A Clarion DDE server can use the DDEVALUE() procedure to determine what //command //the client has sent.The CYCLE statement after an EVENT:DDEexecute signals positive acknowledgement to the client that sent the //command//. DDEACKNOWLEDGE can send either positive or negative acknowledgement.

**Errors Posted:**

| 601 | Invalid DDE Channel |
| 602 | DDE Channel Not Open |
| 603 | DDEEXECUTE Failed |
| 605 | Time Out |

**Events Generated:**

EVENT:DDEexecute     A client has sent a command.

**Example:**

**  !The client application's code contains:**

**WinOne  WINDOW,AT(0,0,160,400)**

**        END**

**SomeServer LONG**

**DDEChannel LONG**

** CODE**

** OPEN(WinOne)**

**!Open a channel to Windows Program Manager:**

** DDEChannel = DDECLIENT('PROGMAN','PROGMAN')**

**!Create a new program group:**

** ****DDEEXECUTE****(DDEChannel,'[CreateGroup(Clarion Applications)]')**

**!Display it:**

** ****DDEEXECUTE****(DDEChannel,'[ShowGroup(1)]')**

**!Create new item in the group using second icon in progman.exe**

** ****DDEEXECUTE****(DDEChannel,'[AddItem(MYAPP.EXE,My Program,PROGMAN.EXE,2)]')**

**See Also:**

[[ddeacknowledge  send acknowledgement from dde server .htm|DDEACKNOWLEDGE]]

[[ddevalue  return data value sent to server .htm|DDEVALUE]]