Hi,
Jarl: Yes, excel.exe /safe seems to have done the trick :-)
Theo: The client did not test your suggestion
[App.Minimize()]+[App.Maximize()], and I do not know if it did the trick...
Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se
> Hi
>
> Shot in the dark:
> Try starting excel in safe mode. excel.exe /safe
>
> --
> J
>
>
> 2014-11-03 11:33 GMT+01:00 Misi Mladoniczky <[email protected]>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a client experiencing problems with ARUser.exe and exporting data to
>> excel through the report to application functionality.
>>
>> The dde.ini works fine for older versions of Excel, and also works fine for
>> Excel 2013 if it is ALREADY OPEN.
>>
>> If Excel is NOT open when doing this, it seems like Excel takes too much
>> time
>> to start, and the PASTE operation fails. Only the empty template is opened.
>>
>> Any ideas on how to fix this? Maybe some kind of Pause-command?
>>
>> # from the DDE.INI file
>> [Rek]
>>
>> Path= C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\EXCEL.EXE
>>
>> Application=excel
>>
>> Topic=system
>>
>> Format=Record
>>
>> CharsPerLine=100
>>
>> XFRDATA=Clipboard
>>
>> Command1=[CLOSE(1)][NEW("G:\ABC\ARS-files\rek.xlt")]
>>
>> Command2=[PASTE()]
>>
>> Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se (ARSList MVP 2011)
>>
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>>
>
> Hi Misi!
>
> Personally, I haven't used DDE.ini in years, but you could try something like
> this:
>
> Command1=[App.Minimize()]
> Command2=[NEW("G:\ABC\ARS-files\rek.xlt")]
> Command3=[PASTE()]
> Command4=[CLOSE(1)]
> Command5=[App.Maximize()]
>
> HTH.
>
> Best Regards,
> Theo
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