I wrote a very simple Visual Basic PROGRAM on Windows 95 which calls Symantec's Winfax PRO using DDE Pokes. I copied the code straight out of a Symantec example and it worked.

I have upgraded to Windows XP and the program no longer works. It crashes with :

Run-time error '285':

Foreign application won't perform DDE method or operation.


Where do I go to get help on this?

Here is a snippet of my code.


Private Sub Command1_Click()
FAXNumber$ = "9242 3333"
SendTime$ = "06:00:00"
SendDate$ = "11/12/03"
FAXName$ = "Clare"
COMPANY$ = "AMPAC"
Subject$ = "Joy of Faxing"
Keyword$ = "fax, joy"
BillingCode$ = ""
Mode$ = "Fax"
CoverPage$ = "C:\Program Files\WinFax\COVER\TEST.CVP"
CoverText$ = "Do enjoy this seasonal message."
Attachment$ = "C:\jim\test.doc"

MsgBox ("Starting")

'This is the start of the DDE to WinFax.

'Create the link and disable
'automatic reception in WinFax.

Label1.LinkTopic = "FAXMNG32|CONTROL"
Label1.LinkMode = 2
Label1.LinkTimeout = -1
Label1.LinkExecute "GoIdle"
Label1.LinkMode = 0
MsgBox ("Automatic reception has been disabled")

'Create a NEW link with the TRANSMIT topic.

Label1.LinkTopic = "FAXMNG32|TRANSMIT"
Label1.LinkMode = 2
Label1.LinkTimeout = -1
Label1.LinkItem = "sendfax"

'Start DDEPokes to control WinFax.

recip$ = "recipient(" & Chr$(34) & FAXNumber$ & Chr$(34) & "," & Chr$(34) & SendTime$ & Chr$(34) & "," & Chr$(34) & SendDate$ & Chr$(34) & ","
recip$ = recip$ & Chr$(34) & FAXName$ & Chr$(34) & "," & Chr$(34) & Company$ & Chr$(34) & "," & Chr$(34) & Subject$ & Chr$(34) & ","
recip$ = recip$ & Chr$(34) & Keyword$ & Chr$(34) & "," & Chr$(34) & BillingCode$ & Chr$(34) & "," & Chr$(34) & Mode$ & Chr$(34) & ")"
Label1.Caption = recip$
Label1.LinkPoke

MsgBox ("The first LinkPoke has been done!")

'setcoverpage
Label1.Caption = "setcoverpage(" & Chr$(34) & CoverPage$ & Chr$(34) & ")"
Label1.LinkPoke
MsgBox ("The setcoverpage LinkPoke has been done!")




The message ("The first LinkPoke has been done!") is displayed, and then the program crashes on the next LinkPoke.

Any ideas?



could be a conflict between your progam and this one>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/crawford_02october21.mspx

info>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sdbug/html/sdbug_9.asp