Broken Links from Lookout to Excel

We have several applications where we are using Lookout to dump data to an
Excel spreadsheet, perform calculations based on the data, and then return
the results to Lookout. The problem is, the system will work fine for a
while, and then the data both to and from Lookout stops updating. We get
no dde alarms, and we must close and reopen the spreadsheet to start the
data moving again.
Are there any known solutions to this problem?

Can these calcs be done in an expression within Lookout? I have been able to do quite a few calcs that way.

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http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/291984/en-us (It also applies to Excel 2010)
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