>>>Lots of Snip....
>>>>
>>>>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 .
>
>Here's an example that I have just tried. Althought it was a bit slow on the DDEinitiates in NT4 Workstation.
>
>run /n7 "c:\progra~1\Micros~1\Office\Excel.exe"
>lnHandle = ddeinitiate("Excel", "System")
>? dderequest( lnHandle, "Topics")
>? ddeterminate(lnHandle)
>lnHandle = ddeinitiate("Excel", "[Book1]Sheet2")
>? ddepoke(lnHandle, "R1C1", "=34*45")
>? dderequest(lnHandle, "R1C1")
>? ddeterminate(lnHandle)

Hey... I am trying this on win 3.11 . I said for 16 bit all this , I am doing.