Can Citect SCADA extract data from an excel spreadsheet ?

Question

can Citect SCADA 2018 V8.1 extract data from an excel spreadsheet and if so is there some sample cicode available ?

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Please check the Dynamic Data Exchange Functions in Help. 
 "Reads values from an external DDE compliant Windows application running on the same computer, (for example, from an Excel spreadsheet cell or a Word document)."