Network DDE problem

Hi all,

I've just been given responsibility for a client server system

which communicates via NetDDE. The client is written in VB and

the server is written in VBA/Access. The client is typically

executed from another process, which then carries on regardless.

I've got two problems:

1) If the original calling process goes on to print a document

(using dos based printing methods) the client app hangs until the

print finishes even though they're completely different processes.

2) If the calling program attempts to wait for the client to finish

both programs hang.


Has anyone got any ideas? Is VB doing something wierd like using the

calling processes window for its DDE messages or something?


Ta,

Paul