Article: Q101372
Product(s): Microsoft Access Distribution Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.1,2.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbusage
Last Modified: 13-JUN-2001
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Access Distribution Kit, version 1.1
- Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit, version 2.0
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SYMPTOMS
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Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.
Applications can initiate a dynamic data exchange (DDE) conversation with a
run-time application developed with Microsoft Access by specifying "MSACCESS"
rather than the .MDB file, as the application name.
STATUS
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This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATION
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To communicate with a run-time application using DDE, it is strongly recommended
that you use the name of the .MDB file, not "MSACCESS," as the application name
when you are initiating a DDE conversation.
The run-time version of Microsoft Access responds to both Microsoft Access and
the name of the .MDB file as the application name.
Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Start Microsoft Access and open the sample database NWIND.MDB.
2. In the Database window, choose the Macro button and select Sample AutoExec
from the list.
3. From the File menu, choose Rename. In the Macro Name box, type "AutoExec"
(without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.
4. Quit Microsoft Access.
5. In Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.
6. Type the following line, and then press ENTER:
" C:\<ACCESS>\MSARN100.EXE NWIND.MDB " (without the quotation marks)
where <ACCESS> is your Microsoft Access program directory.
7. Start Microsoft Access again and create a new database, or open a database
other than NWIND.MDB.
8. Create or open a module and add the following Access Basic function:
Option Explicit
Function DDEWithNWIND ()
Dim chan
chan = DDEInitiate("MSACCESS", "NWIND;TABLE Employees")
MsgBox DDERequest(chan, "FirstRow")
DDETerminate chan
End Function
9. From the View menu, choose Immediate Window. Type the following line, and
then press ENTER:
" ? DDEWithNWIND() " (without the quotation marks)
Note that a message containing the first record from the Employees table in
NWIND.MDB is displayed.
NOTE: The run-time application responds correctly to the DDEInitiate() statement
that reads:
chan = DDEInitiate("NWIND", "NWIND;TABLE Employees")
Additional query words:
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Keywords : kbusage
Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbAccessSearch kbAccessDevTK200 kbZNotKeyword3 kbAccessDistKit110
Version : WINDOWS:1.1,2.0
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbprb
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