Thanks Chris - I put the ] in, however, still getting the same error. Ty
Chris Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Tyrone, > Make sure you've got a closing square bracket around the first "excelrecord" tag: > > [excelrecord] > Path=c:\excel\excel.exe > Application=excel > Topic=system > Format=TAB > ... > > HTH > Chris. > > > I copied and pasted the example from the help file for DDE.INI. However, > > when I run it from Remedy User 6.00.01 I get the following error message: > > > > The format for the application section in dde.ini is invalid - you can > > specify CSV or TAB for format. (ARERR 1883). > > > > Can someone tell me why I am getting this as my format is set to TAB. > > > > Here is the DDE.ini file contents: > > > > [excelrecord > > Path=c:\excel\excel.exe > > Application=excel > > Topic=system > > Format=TAB > > XFRDATA=Clipboard > > Command1=[NEW(1)][PASTE()][SAVE.AS(,0)] > > > > [wordrecord] > > Path=c:\msoffice\winword\winword.exe > > Application=winword > > Topic=system > > Format=Record > > CharsPerLine=100 > > XFRDATA=Clipboard > > Command1=[FileNew .Template="Normal", .NewTemplate = 0] > > Command2=[Editpaste] > > > > [wordcurrformat] > > Path=c:\msoffice\winword\winword.exe > > Application=winword > > Topic=system > > Format=CurrentFormat > > XFRDATA=Clipboard > > Command1=[FileNew .Template="Normal", .NewTemplate = 0] > > Command2=[Editpaste] > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ __ > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org > > > > _____________________________________________________________________________ __ > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org > -- _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at http://www.wwrug.org

