WD2000: Run-Time Error 5584 "Too Many DDE Channels Are Open..."

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To prevent the error message from appearing, terminate each DDE conversation after you are finished using the channel. To terminate a DDE channel, use either of the following commands.

Syntax to Terminate a Specific Channel Number

   DDETerminate(ChannelNumber)
				

Syntax to Terminate All DDE Channels

   DDETerminateAll
				

For example, the following macro (Sub procedure) uses DDETerminate to close each DDE channel that is initiated.

   Sub DDETest
      For x = 1 to 40
         chan = DDEInitiate("Excel", "Sheet1")
         ' Your other commands go here.
         DDETerminate chan
      Next x
   End Sub
				

To reproduce the "Session too complex...." error message, start Word and Excel and run a macro that opens a number of DDE channels without terminating the channels.

   Sub DDEReproduceError
      For x = 1 to 40
         n = DDEInitiate("Excel","Sheet1")
      Next x
   End Sub