Hello all, Upgraded from 2.4.2 to 2.4.4 and build 205 to 210 this morning. The following snippet worked before the upgrade, but fails now on the commented line with the following message: "error: The server could not be created"
import win32ui import dde def getQuote(symbol): """get a quote from a running instance of eSignal""" server = dde.CreateServer() server.Create('eSignalDDE') # fails on this line conversation = dde.CreateConversation(server) conversation.ConnectTo("WINROS", "Last") last = conversation.Request(symbol) return float(last.split("\0")[0]) a = getQuote("$spx") print a Any clues? jab -- John Bollinger, CFA, CMT www.BollingerBands.com If you advance far enough, you arrive at the beginning. _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32