[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-2694452 ] DDE failing in pywin32 > build 207?

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Bugs item #2694452, was opened at 2009-03-19 13:32
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Category: pythonwin
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Jon Nicoll (jknsf)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: DDE failing in pywin32 > build 207?

Initial Comment:
Apologies if this is not the place to report this ...

I'm having a go at using DDE to control an app via pywin32. It's nearly 15 years since I used DDE, but what the hell... However the simplest startup (essentially taken from the sample script) doesn't seem to work:

>>> import dde
>>> server = dde.CreateServer()
>>> server.Create('TestClient')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
error: The server could not be created
>>> 

I see I'm not the only one with this problem: Raymond Lee sees the same in his blog towards the end of last year and reports (in <http://blog.dataunbound.com/category/ecco-pro/> ):

"I have found that the current version of pywin32 (v 212) doesn't work, and that the newest version that does work is version 207"

I was trying with ActiveState Python and build v212 of pywin32. I guess I could try to install an older version of Pywin32, but any idea what is going on here?

Thanks for pywin32 anyway!

    regards
    Jon N


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