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Default DDE error

dimension Returnlist as Variant and then test it before working with it

Dim ReturnList as Variant
returnList = Application.DDERequest(channelNumber, BloomQuery)
if isarray(returnList) then
BBAnswer = returnList(1)
elseif iserror(returnlist) then

end if

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Tom Ogilvy



"Arne Hegefors" wrote:

Hi! I dowload data into excel by using a macro. I have a dde connection.
usually it works finme but sometime i get an error sent from the dde. this
causes a problem becuase i save the dde answer in a varaible in vba. if i get
an error from the dde thenm I get the message "incopatible type" when i try
to save the answer in a variable. the code:

returnList = Application.DDERequest(channelNumber, BloomQuery)
BBAnswer = returnList(1)


on the last row i get an error when the dde request gives an error. how can
i capture this so that the program does not stop but insteads saves BBAnswer
as "Error" or something? please help! thanks alot!!