MATLAB Functions

Set up advisory link

rc = ddeadv(channel,'item','callback')
rc = ddeadv(channel,'item','callback','upmtx')
rc = ddeadv(channel,'item','callback','upmtx',format)
rc = ddeadv(channel,'item','callback','upmtx',format,timeout)

Description

ddeadv sets up an advisory link between MATLAB and a server application. When the data identified by the item argument changes, the string specified by the callback argument is passed to the eval function and evaluated. If the advisory link is a hot link, DDE modifies upmtx, the update matrix, to reflect the data in item.

If you omit optional arguments that are not at the end of the argument list, you must substitute the empty matrix for the missing argument(s).

Arguments


`rc`	Return code: `0` indicates failure, `1` indicates success.
`channel`	Conversation channel from `ddeinit`.
`item`	String specifying the DDE item name for the advisory link. Changing the data identified by `item` at the server triggers the advisory link.
`callback`	String specifying the callback that is evaluated on update notification. Changing the data identified by `item` at the server causes `callback` to get passed to the `eval` function to be evaluated.
`upmtx (optional)`	String specifying the name of a matrix that holds data sent with an update notification. If `upmtx` is included, changing `item` at the server causes `upmtx` to be updated with the revised data. Specifying `upmtx` creates a hot link. Omitting `upmtx` or specifying it as an empty string creates a warm link. If `upmtx` exists in the workspace, its contents are overwritten. If `upmtx` does not exist, it is created.
`format (optional)`	Two-element array specifying the format of the data to be sent on update. The first element specifies the Windows clipboard format to use for the data. The only currently supported format is `cf_text`, which corresponds to a value of 1. The second element specifies the type of the resultant matrix. Valid types are `numeric` (the default, which corresponds to a value of `0`) and `string` (which corresponds to a value of `1`). The default format array is `[1 0]`.
`timeout (optional)`	Scalar specifying the time-out limit for this operation. `timeout` is specified in milliseconds. (1000 milliseconds = 1 second). If advisory link is not established within `timeout` milliseconds, the function fails. The default value of `timeout` is three seconds.

Examples

Set up a hot link between a range of cells in Excel (Row 1, Column 1 through Row 5, Column 5) and the matrix x. If successful, display the matrix:

rc = ddeadv(channel, 'r1c1:r5c5', 'disp(x)', 'x');

Communication with Excel must have been established previously with a ddeinit command.