>>>My application in FP 2.6 uses DDE calls to either MS-Word or Word Perfect. The client upgraded to WP9 in the Fall, to be Y2K compliant. The DDE activitiy is a simple mail merge. Happens under Windows 95 and NT.
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>>>On 1/3/00 the WP9 DDE function stopped working (opened WP9, did not do the merge). After much frustration, I set the PC system date to 12/30/99 and the DDE call worked fine and th email merged. Meanwhile, the merge via MS-Word works for both 1999 and 2000. The client's network and support consultants say it is FoxPro's error. My counter is 'Then why does it work with MS-Word in 2000?' No response yet.
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>>>Has anyone else had problems with DDE in FP 2.6. [And no, the client does not want to pay for upgrading to VFP.]
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>>>Thanks in advance for any insights or sugggestions. dennis
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>>Hi Dennis,
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>>It's got to be WP9. I've still got applications running in 2.6a that use DDE with Lotus 1-2-3 Release 5. Yes, they've worked this year. First thing I'd do is take the issue up with the WP tech support people.
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>George,
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>Thanks for the info on Lotus. I suggested contacting Corel to the support company, but will have the client ask them to do it again.
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Anytime, Dennis. Note, however, that it is 1-2-3 Release 5. Starting with SmartSuite 97, Lotus completely dropped DDE support. Which means I've got to either get everyone using Excel (my preference) and re-write the DEE routines, or, better yet, do the same thing with VFP 6.0/OLE Automation. Unfortunately, this latter option doesn't seem possible in your case.