Just a wild guess, but did you try DDESETOPTION("SAFETY", .F.) before calling DDEInitiate?

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>I have an application that uses DDE to display images from another application. If I run this option on my PC during development, the PC hangs while DDEInitiate() tries to connect to the DDE server.
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>Is there any way of enquiring if the particular DDE server is loaded without having to sit and wait for DDEInitiate() to return -1. This would also be required on client site for PCs that don't have a link to the particular software (ie. receptionists PC) in a multi-user setup.
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>TIA,