Where DDE looks in registry?

[Rick C.]

In a program I'm writing, I establish MS Word as the DDE Server. In the
command that opens a DDE channel, I use 'WINWORD' as the appname. It
works fine on all of our servers but one, where the program hangs on
that command. I wonder if someone can tell me what exactly Windows does
with this string in order to find the app? I assume it looks in the
Windows registry, but where? Thanks for any help.

 

[Dave Patrick]

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| In a program I'm writing, I establish MS Word as the DDE Server. In the
| command that opens a DDE channel, I use 'WINWORD' as the appname. It
| works fine on all of our servers but one, where the program hangs on
| that command. I wonder if someone can tell me what exactly Windows does
| with this string in order to find the app? I assume it looks in the
| Windows registry, but where? Thanks for any help.