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XL2000: Client Is Not Updated with Multiple Instances of Excel

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Symptoms

When multiple instances of Microsoft Excel are simultaneously serving as Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) clients to a single DDE server, only one instance of Excel is updated.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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More information

This behavior is an issue with the current implementation of the DDE Management Library (DDEML). It occurs only when all of the following conditions are met:
  • There are two or more instances of the same program serving as DDE clients.
  • The programs all have objects with the same name (such as "Sheet1").
  • The programs all try to use Fetch.advise.

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Keywords: KB213500, kbprogramming, kbpending, kbbug

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Article Info
Article ID : 213500
Revision : 8
Created on : 11/23/2006
Published on : 11/23/2006
Exists online : False
Views : 409