ACC: DDE Link Cannot Find Data; Opens 2nd Copy of Server App (90881)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Access 1.0
- Microsoft Access 1.1
- Microsoft Access 2.0
This article was previously published under Q90881 SUMMARY
Using Microsoft Access and Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) to access
information from an open DDE server application, such as Microsoft
Excel, where the data does not exist causes the following error
message to be displayed:
Remote data not accessible. Start application Excel?
If you choose the Yes button in the message dialog box, a second copy
of Microsoft Excel is started with the name of the non-existent
spreadsheet in its title bar.
MORE INFORMATION
This behavior is correct unless you already have a spreadsheet with
the name given in the DDE link open in Microsoft Excel. If the DDE
link cannot find the spreadsheet, a second copy of Microsoft Excel
will be launched using the filename given in the DDE statement.
However, the DDE standard is not to have running applications open
documents.
REFERENCES
Microsoft Access "Introduction to Programming," version 1.0, Chapter 9,
"Dynamic Data Exchange"
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 5/9/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbinfo kbinterop KB90881 |
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