DDEInitiate hangs
 

I have the following problem:
I have a Visual Basic Program with a reference to excel.
In that program i'm executing the command:
chan = DDEInitiate("Winword", "System")
Till now it work(ed)s fine except for 1 user: it worked
till last week and suddenly it stops working: the program
hangs on this command. I tried to re-install word, excel,
reboot the pc, .... Nothing helps. I tried to execute
exactly the same command in VBA (in Excel) and also here,
the program hangs. Has anyone experience with this
problem or how can it be solved?

DDEInitiate hangs
 

I'm no expert but I've tried using DDE for talking to a terminal
application. From what I've read, DDE is a bit fiddly and occaisionally
hangs or crashes for very arcane reasons - mostly because it is
asynchronous. Would it not be possible to use COM instead?

Jeff

"Ann" wrote in message
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I have the following problem:
I have a Visual Basic Program with a reference to excel.
In that program i'm executing the command:
chan = DDEInitiate("Winword", "System")
Till now it work(ed)s fine except for 1 user: it worked
till last week and suddenly it stops working: the program
hangs on this command. I tried to re-install word, excel,
reboot the pc, .... Nothing helps. I tried to execute
exactly the same command in VBA (in Excel) and also here,
the program hangs. Has anyone experience with this
problem or how can it be solved?