Some Network DDE Connections Not Displayed in Net Watcher

• Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1

SUMMARY

Sometimes network DDE (NDDE) conversations do not appear in the Windows for Workgroups Net Watcher. This happens because Net Watcher only displays NDDE conversations in which your computer is the DDE server. For example, if you look at Net Watcher during a Windows for Workgroups Chat session, Net Watcher displays the NDDE connection if you are the computer that answers (the server). Net Watcher does not display the NDDE connection if you are the computer that dials (the client).

MORE INFORMATION

The Windows APIs called by Net Watcher only return information about NDDE clients of the computer it is running on (in other words, servers to your computer). Net Watcher does not access information about NDDE conversations where the local computer is the DDE client. This feature allows Net Watcher to monitor outside, or incoming, access to your shared directories. Net Watcher does not monitor outgoing connections initiated by your computer. In other words, Net Watcher monitors "who is using your computer," but it does not monitor "what you are using."

This Net Watcher functionality can be somewhat confusing when you use an application such as Chat, which does not appear to be a client-server application.