Microsoft KB Archive/203980

= PRB: Error 282 Connecting to VB5 or VB6 DDE Server =

Article ID: 203980

Article Last Modified on 5/12/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Learning Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q203980



SYMPTOMS
When attempting to connect to a Visual Basic 5.0 or Visual Basic 6.0 DDE server, the following error message might appear:

Error 282 - No Foreign Application Responded to a DDE Initiate.



CAUSE
Visual Basic versions 5.0 and 6.0 use the application title as the DDE Application. This problem is most likely to occur if you have recently converted the project from Visual Basic versions 3.0 or 4.0. These prior versions of Visual Basic used the project executable name (not including the .exe extension) as the DDE source's application name.



RESOLUTION
Modify the DDE client, otherwise known as the destination, to connect to the server using the application title of the server instead of the executable filename (not including the .exe extension).

The application title is located on the Make tab of the Project Properties dialog box.

Keywords: kbdde kbprb KB203980

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