Set OLE/DDE preferences
- On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Advanced tab.
- Under DDE operations, do one or more of the following:
To ignore DDE requests from other applications, select Ignore DDE requests.
To update DDE links at the interval specified in the Refresh interval box, select Enable DDE refresh.
- In the OLE/DDE timeout box, enter the number of seconds (0 to 300) Microsoft Access should wait before retrying a failed OLE or DDE operation.