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OOo Arrggghhh
Hello:
I downloaded OpenOffice and it has taken my xls files hostage. I am trying to upload existing xls files to Sharepoint, and am getting an OOo error something like this (An API call existed abnormally). This is an OOo error although the file is an xls file. Help. Thanks, Germaine |
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OOo Arrggghhh
Germaine, when you installed OO, you checked a box you shouldn't have. Just
re-assign XLS files to Excel. http://www.officearticles.com/misc/f...oft_office.htm ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Bettergains" wrote in message ... Hello: I downloaded OpenOffice and it has taken my xls files hostage. I am trying to upload existing xls files to Sharepoint, and am getting an OOo error something like this (An API call existed abnormally). This is an OOo error although the file is an xls file. Help. Thanks, Germaine |
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OOo Arrggghhh
Maybe you can have excel "steal" that extension back:
Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. (Although, I've never used Sharepoint...) Bettergains wrote: Hello: I downloaded OpenOffice and it has taken my xls files hostage. I am trying to upload existing xls files to Sharepoint, and am getting an OOo error something like this (An API call existed abnormally). This is an OOo error although the file is an xls file. Help. Thanks, Germaine -- Dave Peterson |
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OOo Arrggghhh
Hi Dave:
Thanks, I may try that. I resorted to uninstalling OOo. It appears that it has done something to the existing xls files that Sharepoint doesn't like. So even when the files are xls files, Sharepoint won't play with them once OOo has been installed--even when *not* used. FYI in case anyone else encounters this little headache. In this Case OOo is the culprit to my thinking. Thanks, Germaine "Dave Peterson" wrote: Maybe you can have excel "steal" that extension back: Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. (Although, I've never used Sharepoint...) Bettergains wrote: Hello: I downloaded OpenOffice and it has taken my xls files hostage. I am trying to upload existing xls files to Sharepoint, and am getting an OOo error something like this (An API call existed abnormally). This is an OOo error although the file is an xls file. Help. Thanks, Germaine -- Dave Peterson |
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OOo Arrggghhh
Hi Anne:
Actually, they were assigned to xls files. That's the point. OOo wasn't being used, but was just downloaded to my system. The files operated fine as xls files *until* they were uploaded to Sharepoint, and there is something in the file that Shareopint doesn't like. Anyway, I fixed the problem for now by uninstalling OOo. Unless I'm missing something else you are alluding to. Thanks, Germaine "Anne Troy" wrote: Germaine, when you installed OO, you checked a box you shouldn't have. Just re-assign XLS files to Excel. http://www.officearticles.com/misc/f...oft_office.htm ************ Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Bettergains" wrote in message ... Hello: I downloaded OpenOffice and it has taken my xls files hostage. I am trying to upload existing xls files to Sharepoint, and am getting an OOo error something like this (An API call existed abnormally). This is an OOo error although the file is an xls file. Help. Thanks, Germaine |
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OOo Arrggghhh
I still don't use sharepoint, but you may want to verify that .xls files are
owned by excel (if you ever reinstall OpenOffice, that it): Open Windows explorer find a .xls file shift-rightclick on it Open with|choose program (if it's not Excel) But this is still a guess. Bettergains wrote: Hi Dave: Thanks, I may try that. I resorted to uninstalling OOo. It appears that it has done something to the existing xls files that Sharepoint doesn't like. So even when the files are xls files, Sharepoint won't play with them once OOo has been installed--even when *not* used. FYI in case anyone else encounters this little headache. In this Case OOo is the culprit to my thinking. Thanks, Germaine "Dave Peterson" wrote: Maybe you can have excel "steal" that extension back: Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. (Although, I've never used Sharepoint...) Bettergains wrote: Hello: I downloaded OpenOffice and it has taken my xls files hostage. I am trying to upload existing xls files to Sharepoint, and am getting an OOo error something like this (An API call existed abnormally). This is an OOo error although the file is an xls file. Help. Thanks, Germaine -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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OOo Arrggghhh
Hi Dave:
Yep, I did confirm that they were owned by Excel. This is one of the features of OOo, that you can open a file with either. The icon will toggle to id which file type you are currently working in. And the Sharepoint version we have is WSS, not SPS. It's an OOo bug, as Shareopint should not refuse an xls file, but OOo has done something to the xls file that prohibits the Sharepiont Excel interoperability. I'm still going to try your previous suggestion after downloading the new OOo 2.x late this week, to see if that fixes this problem. Thanks, Germaine. "Dave Peterson" wrote: I still don't use sharepoint, but you may want to verify that .xls files are owned by excel (if you ever reinstall OpenOffice, that it): Open Windows explorer find a .xls file shift-rightclick on it Open with|choose program (if it's not Excel) But this is still a guess. Bettergains wrote: Hi Dave: Thanks, I may try that. I resorted to uninstalling OOo. It appears that it has done something to the existing xls files that Sharepoint doesn't like. So even when the files are xls files, Sharepoint won't play with them once OOo has been installed--even when *not* used. FYI in case anyone else encounters this little headache. In this Case OOo is the culprit to my thinking. Thanks, Germaine "Dave Peterson" wrote: Maybe you can have excel "steal" that extension back: Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. (Although, I've never used Sharepoint...) Bettergains wrote: Hello: I downloaded OpenOffice and it has taken my xls files hostage. I am trying to upload existing xls files to Sharepoint, and am getting an OOo error something like this (An API call existed abnormally). This is an OOo error although the file is an xls file. Help. Thanks, Germaine -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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OOo Arrggghhh
Good luck.
Please post your results of your test. Then google will have the answer for the next person who uses OpenOffice and SharePoint. Bettergains wrote: Hi Dave: Yep, I did confirm that they were owned by Excel. This is one of the features of OOo, that you can open a file with either. The icon will toggle to id which file type you are currently working in. And the Sharepoint version we have is WSS, not SPS. It's an OOo bug, as Shareopint should not refuse an xls file, but OOo has done something to the xls file that prohibits the Sharepiont Excel interoperability. I'm still going to try your previous suggestion after downloading the new OOo 2.x late this week, to see if that fixes this problem. Thanks, Germaine. "Dave Peterson" wrote: I still don't use sharepoint, but you may want to verify that .xls files are owned by excel (if you ever reinstall OpenOffice, that it): Open Windows explorer find a .xls file shift-rightclick on it Open with|choose program (if it's not Excel) But this is still a guess. Bettergains wrote: Hi Dave: Thanks, I may try that. I resorted to uninstalling OOo. It appears that it has done something to the existing xls files that Sharepoint doesn't like. So even when the files are xls files, Sharepoint won't play with them once OOo has been installed--even when *not* used. FYI in case anyone else encounters this little headache. In this Case OOo is the culprit to my thinking. Thanks, Germaine "Dave Peterson" wrote: Maybe you can have excel "steal" that extension back: Close Excel and Windows Start Button|Run excel /unregserver then Windows Start Button|Run excel /regserver The /unregserver & /regserver stuff resets the windows registry to excel's factory defaults. (Although, I've never used Sharepoint...) Bettergains wrote: Hello: I downloaded OpenOffice and it has taken my xls files hostage. I am trying to upload existing xls files to Sharepoint, and am getting an OOo error something like this (An API call existed abnormally). This is an OOo error although the file is an xls file. Help. Thanks, Germaine -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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