#i125226# don't try to access known-bad DDE servers

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/sfx2/source/appl/impldde.cxx b/sfx2/source/appl/impldde.cxx
index c4d8ae6463b4..2dfe160f5468 100644
--- a/sfx2/source/appl/impldde.cxx
+++ b/sfx2/source/appl/impldde.cxx
@@ -255,9 +255,14 @@ sal_Bool SvDDEObject::Connect( SvBaseLink * pSvLink )
         }
 
 #if defined(WNT)
-
-        // Server nicht da, starten und nochmal versuchen
-        if( !bInWinExec )
+        bool bForbidden = bInWinExec;
+        // TODO: also check the security level
+        static const char* aBadServers[] = { "cmd" };
+        for( int i = 0; i < sizeof(aBadServers)/sizeof(*aBadServers); ++i)
+            bForbidden |= (sServer.CompareIgnoreCaseToAscii( aBadServers[i]) == COMPARE_EQUAL);
+
+        // try to start the DDE server if it is not there
+        if( !bForbidden )
         {
             ByteString aCmdLine( sServer, RTL_TEXTENCODING_ASCII_US );
             aCmdLine.Append( ".exe " );