It works like charm in here,
But, .my COBOL program have to write this DDE section
and Excel have to be open back ground..
BTW, DDE is old technology for MS.

Dr. Ferenc Nagy wrote in message ...
>On Fri, 19 Feb 1999, it was written:
>
>> We are transferring data from Image to PC using Minisoft's ODBC (works
great!)
>Greg,
>Once I tried DDE command if Minisoft under Windows 3.1 to pass data into
>Ecel. I did not work properly. i think it was not Minisoft's fault, but
>rather speed and/or memory problems of my 486 PC.
>I have not retried DDE unden Windows NT.
> >
>> If you need more info, let me know and I will be more than happy to help
you!
>
>I am eager to know about your results.
>>
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