Python kernel32 exception on Win9x while using DDE extensions

[Patrick Vrijlandt]

> I am running on Win98 SE with the latest DCOM installed.
> When I try to run the following script fragment from python.exe or
> pythonw.exe I get a “page fault exception” in
> kernel32.dll
>
> import win32ui
> import dde
> import sys
>
> def send_string(str):
>   # …..
>   pass
>
> print "Starting DDE v1.02"
> cESC = chr(27)
> cF11 = cESC + '[23~'
>
> server = dde.CreateServer()
>
> # The problem is in the following line
> server.Create("ERTestClient")

should be:
server.Create('')

> conv = dde.CreateConversation(server)

then:
conv.ConnectTo("ERTestClient", service) # service might be "System"

>
> while 1:
>     str = raw_input("Enter String: ")
>     if str == "EXIT": break
>     str_all = cF11 + str
>     ## send_string(str_all)
>
> print "DONE"
>
>
>
> Thanks
> Nic

I'm afraid dde leaks memory, but Mark H hasn't confirmed this yet. Think of
this if your app fails after a few thousand dde calls.

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Patrick Vrijlandt