DDE server error?

[algae]

Hi all,
I'm getting a DDE server error when I shut down my Win 2000 box. Can't find anything about it at MS.
Any suggestions?
Thx
Gary

 

[igiveup]

Well, right now I have no idea what DDE server is, or what error you are getting. Help us help you. What exactly is your error?

 

[Psychoholic]

You probably need to closely examine the software you have on your computer. It sounds like something that was loaded from third party sources.

 

[algae]

Thx guys...sorry for not giving enough info. The problem is on my work machine and I'll check it out further when I got there today.

Gary

 

[Ark]

Do you have any special software with external communications? RSlinks?
DDE is Dynamic Data Exchange used in Windows since W3.1 to transmit fast changing data from one Windows application to another in real time.
Example:
Your application (DDE server) continuously takes data form device over serial interface
and brings it to Windows (called DDE topic).
Now any open application like Excel, VB program, etc. can look at the data and present some
graphics or statistics to the user.

DDE rarely found in normal PCs, but it is frequently used in controls and data collection.

 

[algae]

Nope no such beast on my system at all. In fact I am kinda anal about not having anything unnecessary running on my machine.

G.

 

[HiroP]

I have the same problem sometimes. If I leave my PC on overnight with one or more IE windows open, it will slow to a crawl by the next morning. Rebooting will reset it, but it won't restart automatically without giving a DDE Server Window is not responding error and I have to end task to get it to shutdown. It's a problem I can work around but I sure would like to know why it does that. I think Ark explained it, but I would like to be sure it's not some bug I unknowingly downloaded.

 

[HiroP]

Guess I should have added I'm using WinME on a 1GHz Abit KT7A-RAID with a cable modem and IE 5.5

 

[algae]

Hi Hiro,
My problem has mysteriously disappeared...go figure.

G.

 

[FUBAR]

DDE, I believe, was the old way of doing things and the new way is OLE. If I'm correct on that then it was probably some old software packagges or somethin

 

[Ark]

FUBAR DDE is not the same thing as OLE, but very similar.
DDE uses shared data only, not the application.
It works like a clipboard for quick changing data.
Like I said earlier, it's been used for years in dynamic data colleciton and controls.
VB and Excel are common programs to use with DDE.
These programs are using DDE LINKS to bring data from application to application.
From MS Excel help:


<< Create a link using Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
The program that contains the data you want to link to must support Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) (Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE): An established protocol for exchanging data between Microsoft Windows-based programs.). To determine whether your program supports DDE or to learn the DDE name and topic information for the program, contact the software vendor of the program. For more information about DDE, see the Microsoft Office XP Resource Kit.
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