ID Number: Q71225
3.00
MS-DOS
Summary:
When the Client application included with the Windows Software
Development Kit (SDK) version 3.00 is used with Word for Windows or
with Excel, the System topic is available but no documents. This
problem is caused by the limit that the Client application has placed
on the length of the strings used in DDE conversations.
More information:
The length of the strings the Client and Server sample applications
use is limited to 8 characters.
To correct this limitation, it is necessary to modify CLIENT.H and
SERVER.H. The symbolic constants listed below must be #defined to have
values larger than 8; 14 was chosen as an example. After modifying
these variables the applications must be rebuilt.
#define APP_MAX_SIZE 14
#define TOPIC_MAX_SIZE 14
#define ITEM_MAX_SIZE 14
#define VALUE_MAX_SIZE 14
#define EXECUTE_STRING_MAX_SIZE 100
#define CONV_MAX_COUNT 14
#define ITEMS_PER_CONV_MAX_COUNT 5