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Is it possible to use an excel file that contains VBA macro's on a PC and
Excel setup in a different language? I mean an Excel file (with macro's) originally written in an English setup to be used on an other PC that has Excel in French? Thanks for your thoughts, Daniel |
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Daniel,
Yes, an Excel file created in one language should work in another language version of Excel. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "Daniel VanEygen" wrote in message ... Is it possible to use an excel file that contains VBA macro's on a PC and Excel setup in a different language? I mean an Excel file (with macro's) originally written in an English setup to be used on an other PC that has Excel in French? Thanks for your thoughts, Daniel |
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Thanks for your reply Chip,
Does this include also formula's and macro's. I am asking because formula's have different names in different languages. "IF...." translates in the Dutch version as "ALS..." etc... Thanks, Daniel "Chip Pearson" wrote in message ... Daniel, Yes, an Excel file created in one language should work in another language version of Excel. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "Daniel VanEygen" wrote in message ... Is it possible to use an excel file that contains VBA macro's on a PC and Excel setup in a different language? I mean an Excel file (with macro's) originally written in an English setup to be used on an other PC that has Excel in French? Thanks for your thoughts, Daniel |
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Daniel
The only things that won't work are functions from the Analysis Toolpack. Everything else will. (Yes, that includes everything else ;-) HTH. Best wishes Harald "Daniel VanEygen" skrev i melding ... Thanks for your reply Chip, Does this include also formula's and macro's. I am asking because formula's have different names in different languages. "IF...." translates in the Dutch version as "ALS..." etc... Thanks, Daniel "Chip Pearson" wrote in message ... Daniel, Yes, an Excel file created in one language should work in another language version of Excel. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "Daniel VanEygen" wrote in message ... Is it possible to use an excel file that contains VBA macro's on a PC and Excel setup in a different language? I mean an Excel file (with macro's) originally written in an English setup to be used on an other PC that has Excel in French? Thanks for your thoughts, Daniel |
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some functions like =Cell() accept localized string arguments
in Dutch =Cel("bestand";a1) will NOT translate. however you can enter the English arguments in the dutch function =CEL("filename";a1) and it will. I'm author of translateIT, a toolbar with function lookup, and string parser for functions copied from newsgroups) keepITcool < email : keepitcool chello nl (with @ and .) < homepage: http://members.chello.nl/keepitcool "Harald Staff" wrote: Daniel The only things that won't work are functions from the Analysis Toolpack. Everything else will. (Yes, that includes everything else ;-) HTH. Best wishes Harald "Daniel VanEygen" skrev i melding ... Thanks for your reply Chip, Does this include also formula's and macro's. I am asking because formula's have different names in different languages. "IF...." translates in the Dutch version as "ALS..." etc... Thanks, Daniel "Chip Pearson" wrote in message ... Daniel, Yes, an Excel file created in one language should work in another language version of Excel. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "Daniel VanEygen" wrote in message ... Is it possible to use an excel file that contains VBA macro's on a PC and Excel setup in a different language? I mean an Excel file (with macro's) originally written in an English setup to be used on an other PC that has Excel in French? Thanks for your thoughts, Daniel |
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Harald,
The only things that won't work are functions from the Analysis Toolpack. Everything else will. (Yes, that includes everything else ;-) Problem with general statements is they are _generaly_ incorrect. ;-) Daniel, 1. You should be aware not to use .FormulaLocal to insert your formula (in your macro code). The .FormulaR1C1 or .Formula should be used (with the English function names). 2. Be careful about how you are processing dates : if it implies any given string representation (day, month or year), you are looking for trouble when the code runs in other countries. So, you should work with DateSerial() as make any dates calculations independant from their string representation. 3. Do you have any code that implies a specific thousand or decimal separators? This is rare but it happens. 4. Some countries have different protection schemes than others (128 bits versus 40 bits max authorized). When some VBA project are protected in country1, it might not possible to open it with a version of Excel used/compiled for country2. This is happening if country1 = USA and country2 = France. Regards, Daniel M. |
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Other problems may occur in using the INDIRECT() function if you use R1C1
reference style, and in general in all cases where you use literals, like the formatting characters for he TEXT() function, the DATEDIFF function, etc. But these are not widely used, and in practice you'll indeed find that most spreadsheets are "translated" without any problem. -- Kind Regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "keepITcool" wrote in message ... some functions like =Cell() accept localized string arguments in Dutch =Cel("bestand";a1) will NOT translate. however you can enter the English arguments in the dutch function =CEL("filename";a1) and it will. I'm author of translateIT, a toolbar with function lookup, and string parser for functions copied from newsgroups) keepITcool < email : keepitcool chello nl (with @ and .) < homepage: http://members.chello.nl/keepitcool "Harald Staff" wrote: Daniel The only things that won't work are functions from the Analysis Toolpack. Everything else will. (Yes, that includes everything else ;-) HTH. Best wishes Harald "Daniel VanEygen" skrev i melding ... Thanks for your reply Chip, Does this include also formula's and macro's. I am asking because formula's have different names in different languages. "IF...." translates in the Dutch version as "ALS..." etc... Thanks, Daniel "Chip Pearson" wrote in message ... Daniel, Yes, an Excel file created in one language should work in another language version of Excel. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "Daniel VanEygen" wrote in message ... Is it possible to use an excel file that contains VBA macro's on a PC and Excel setup in a different language? I mean an Excel file (with macro's) originally written in an English setup to be used on an other PC that has Excel in French? Thanks for your thoughts, Daniel |
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