Interfacing to Excel with DDE from Thinapped application

I'm currently testing an application that is being Thinapped. Everything works except a DDE interface to Excel.

The application generates a CSV file in C:\temp\ and than executes Excel to open the file.

DDE command looks like this (native report procedure language specific for this application)

'<DDE>,'

'EXCEL,'

'[FileNew("C:\Temp\filename.CSV")],'

'C:\Temp\filename.CSV,'

'System,'

'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\EXCEL.EXE '

'"C:\Temp\filename.CSV"';

"Entry,Date,Rev,Modifier,Date,Approver,Date,Article,Cust.,Reason" ;

When i execute this report from the non-thinapped application it works fine.

When i execute this from the thinapped application it does not work:

I had to include these lines in the package to be able to execute Excel - otherwise it would show unregistered version and close.

It did however create the file and open it. I suppose this has something to do about Excel not getting the DDE commands from the application.

VirtualizeExternalOutOfProcessCOM=0

ChildProcessEnvironmentExceptions=Excel.exe

ChildProcessEnvironmentDefault=Virtual

I hope someone is able to point me in the right direction. I'm not doing the Thinapp packaging myself - its done by a subcontractor.

But i will have to tell them what to do and how.