Microsoft KB Archive/95912

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PRB: DDE App Name for Microsoft Access Incorrect in 1.x Manual
'Article ID: Q95912

Creation Date: 01-MAR-1993

Revision Date: 19-SEP-1996' The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Access versions 1.0 and 1.1

SYMPTOMS

You will not be able to initiate a dynamic data exchange (DDE) link with Microsoft Access if the application name is incorrectly specified as &quot;ACCESS.&quot; Instead, an error message will be generated. For example, in Microsoft Word for Windows, the error message generated is:

The remote nwind (System) is not accessible. Do you want to start the application Access? CAUSE

On page 141 of Microsoft Access &quot;Introduction to Programming,&quot; the app name for Microsoft Access is incorrectly listed as Access. It should be listed as MSACCESS.

RESOLUTION

The correct app name to use when referring to Microsoft Access in a DDE conversation is MSACCESS.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Access &quot;Introduction to Programming,&quot; versions 1.0 and 1.1, page 141
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Additional reference words: 1.00 1.10

KBCategory: kbinterop

KBSubcategory: IntpDde