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**DDEITEM( )**

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The **DDEITEM** procedure returns a string containing the name of the item for the current DDE event. This is the item requested by a DDEREAD, or the data item supplied by DDEPOKE.

**Return Data Type:     **STRING

**Example:**

**WinOne  WINDOW,AT(0,0,160,400)**

**        END**

**Server     LONG**

**FormatTime STRING(5)**

**FormatDate STRING(8)**

** CODE**

** OPEN(WinOne)**

** Server = DDESERVER('SomeApp','Clock')  !Open as server for my topic**

** ACCEPT**

**  CASE EVENT()**

**  OF EVENT:DDErequest**

**   CASE ****DDEITEM****()**

**   OF 'Time'**

**    FormatTime = FORMAT(CLOCK(),@T1)**

**    DDEWRITE(Server,DDE:manual,'Time',FormatTime)**

**   OF 'Date'**

**    FormatDate = FORMAT(TODAY(),@D1)**

**    DDEWRITE(Server,DDE:manual,'Date',FormatDate)**

**   END**

**  OF EVENT:DDEadvise**

**   CASE ****DDEITEM****()**

**   OF 'Time'**

**    FormatTime = FORMAT(CLOCK(),@T1)**

**    DDEWRITE(Server,1,'Time',FormatTime)**

**   OF 'Date'**

**    FormatDate = FORMAT(TODAY(),@D1)**

**    DDEWRITE(Server,60,'Date',FormatDate)**

**   END**

**  END**

** END**

**See Also:**

[[dderead  get data from dde server .htm|DDEREAD]]

[[ddeexecute  send command to dde server .htm|DDEEXECUTE]]

[[ddepoke  send unsolicited data to dde server .htm|DDEPOKE]]