>Lots of Snip....
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>>I tried one example. But the error when DDEInitiate is 16.
>>ie connection error. It asked me to open EXcel sheet or not, but it is not starting the DDE .
>
>OK,
>1) you have built the FP 2.6 app into an .exe
>2) The .EXE must be 'findable'. Try placing the .EXE in the working directory or somewhere else in the DOS Path, or even better, try using RUN /N (from VFP) or SHELL() ( from VB) to run the exe before you try to connect.
>3) Your DDEInitiate should use the name of the exe (without .exe) as the service name.
>4) I'm not sure what the initial Topic should be, the example code should indicate this.

I tried Foxpro as client, and accessed Excel. then the error came.
I tried using the example for DDEAdvise . And also I gave correct name of .exe without extension along with path.

ie my command is,
mchannum = DDEInitiate('c:\msoffice\Excel\excel', 'c:\msoffice\excel\examples\sales')

it gave -1 , on checking DDElasterror, gave 16 .