Name

workbook.SetLinkOnData(Name, [Procedure])

Synopsis

Sets a procedure to run whenever a DDE link is updated.

Argument

Settings

Name

The name of the OLE or DDE link as returned by the LinkSources property

Procedure

The name of a procedure to run when the link is updated

The following code sets the OnUpate procedure to run whenever a DDE link is updated within the workbook:

linkSources = ThisWorkbook.linkSources(xlOLELinks)
If IsArray(linkSources) Then
    For Each link In linkSources
        If InStr(1, link, "DDE") Then _
          ThisWorkbook.SetLinkOnData link, "OnUpdate(  )"
    Next
End If

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