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excel 2000 fails to open excel 2003 file
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I have created a tool using Excel 2003 which contains several macros, and runs fine on my machine and also on my colleagues' with the same versions of Excel and Windows (XP Pro). However, when a client attempts to open the file it appears to open very slowly until they get a message stating that there is a problem and Excel crashes. They are using the same operating system, but running Excel 2000. My inital suspicion was that the problem lay with the module which opened MS Word and pasted information across, but i think it may be more fundamental than that. I have tried: - Changing the Microsoft Office Object Library (which is version 11 in Excel 2003, and is Microsoft Office 9.0 Object Library on their machine). - Re-saving the file as 97-2003 compatible. Can anyone help? Thanks, N. |
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excel 2000 fails to open excel 2003 file
Hard to tell without any code, but if you intend to support Office 2000, you
should write you code on that system. 2003 has capabilities that are not supported on 2000 and will lead to problems if used. Depends on your references and error handling also. Using late binding instead may be option. http://word.mvps.org/faqs/InterDev/E...ateBinding.htm NickHK "noggins" wrote in message ups.com... Hi anyone I have created a tool using Excel 2003 which contains several macros, and runs fine on my machine and also on my colleagues' with the same versions of Excel and Windows (XP Pro). However, when a client attempts to open the file it appears to open very slowly until they get a message stating that there is a problem and Excel crashes. They are using the same operating system, but running Excel 2000. My inital suspicion was that the problem lay with the module which opened MS Word and pasted information across, but i think it may be more fundamental than that. I have tried: - Changing the Microsoft Office Object Library (which is version 11 in Excel 2003, and is Microsoft Office 9.0 Object Library on their machine). - Re-saving the file as 97-2003 compatible. Can anyone help? Thanks, N. |
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excel 2000 fails to open excel 2003 file
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Thanks for your thoughts, can you get programmes to install on your computer that mimic Excel 2000? i have included the only macro that links to another application below. I think i have used late binding. How does this affect excel failing to open the file? All the macros are initiated by the user clicking on buttons. Does excel check these macros before opening the file? Thanks Nige Sub Reports_to_Word2() Dim AppWd As Word.Application Dim A1 As Range Set A1 = Range("B12:I32") Dim W1 As Range Set W1 = Range("n40:u65") Dim R1 As Range Set R1 = Range("ac75:AL100") Dim WU1 As Range Set WU1 = Range("Aq108:ay135") Dim E1 As Range Set E1 = Range("be143:bm173") Dim PI1 As Range Set PI1 = Range("Bs181:ca213") Dim Report_no As Single Dim answer As String answer = msgbox("Please wait whilst reporting forms are transfered to MS Word. This may take a few minutes." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "To stop the process hit the Escape key at anytime." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Click OK to continue.", vbOKCancel, "Generating Annual Reports") If answer = vbCancel Then Exit Sub On Error GoTo error_message Application.ScreenUpdating = False Application.StatusBar = "0 of 6 reports complete. Press escape to stop generating reports." 'open new Word doc - Note the correct version VBA References is required, located in VB Editor/Tools/References/MS Word XX Object Library Set AppWd = CreateObject("Word.Application.9") AppWd.Visible = False AppWd.ScreenUpdating = False AppWd.documents.Add 'change to landscape and more margins AppWd.Selection.PageSetup.Orientation = wdOrientLandscape AppWd.Selection.PageSetup.TopMargin = CentimetersToPoints(2) AppWd.Selection.PageSetup.BottomMargin = CentimetersToPoints(1.5) Report_no = 1 Do If Report_no = 1 Then A1.Copy If Report_no = 2 Then W1.Copy If Report_no = 3 Then R1.Copy If Report_no = 4 Then WU1.Copy If Report_no = 5 Then E1.Copy If Report_no = 6 Then PI1.Copy 'paste in form AppWd.Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteOLEObject, Placement _ :=wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False Report_no = Report_no + 1 'goto end of word doc and insert page break AppWd.Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdStory If Report_no < 7 Then AppWd.Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakNextPage Application.StatusBar = Report_no - 1 & " of 6 reports complete. Press escape to stop generating reports." Loop Until Report_no = 7 AppWd.Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory AppWd.Visible = True AppWd.ScreenUpdating = True Application.ScreenUpdating = True msgbox "All reports have been generated. Reports can be edited in Word by double clicking on the report table.", , "Reporting complete" Application.StatusBar = "" AppWd.Activate error_message: Application.StatusBar = "Reporting cancelled." AppWd.Visible = True AppWd.ScreenUpdating = True End Sub NickHK wrote: Hard to tell without any code, but if you intend to support Office 2000, you should write you code on that system. 2003 has capabilities that are not supported on 2000 and will lead to problems if used. Depends on your references and error handling also. Using late binding instead may be option. http://word.mvps.org/faqs/InterDev/E...ateBinding.htm NickHK "noggins" wrote in message ups.com... Hi anyone I have created a tool using Excel 2003 which contains several macros, and runs fine on my machine and also on my colleagues' with the same versions of Excel and Windows (XP Pro). However, when a client attempts to open the file it appears to open very slowly until they get a message stating that there is a problem and Excel crashes. They are using the same operating system, but running Excel 2000. My inital suspicion was that the problem lay with the module which opened MS Word and pasted information across, but i think it may be more fundamental than that. I have tried: - Changing the Microsoft Office Object Library (which is version 11 in Excel 2003, and is Microsoft Office 9.0 Object Library on their machine). - Re-saving the file as 97-2003 compatible. Can anyone help? Thanks, N. |
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excel 2000 fails to open excel 2003 file
Not sure what you mean by your "mimic" question.
Nothing springs to mind in your code, but I don't use Word much. And you using Early Binding: The reference to the MS Word XX Object Library shows that. Along with the use of "Dim AppWd As Word.Application". To use late binding you need to remove that reference and declare all your Word related variable as the generic "Object". Then VBA will use the default version installed on the system. You still need to make sure you do not use methods/properties that are not available in earlier versions of Word or Excel. You're subject line indicates the problem is with Excel. So run your code on Excel 2000 and see where it fails. NickHK "noggins" wrote in message ups.com... Hi there Thanks for your thoughts, can you get programmes to install on your computer that mimic Excel 2000? i have included the only macro that links to another application below. I think i have used late binding. How does this affect excel failing to open the file? All the macros are initiated by the user clicking on buttons. Does excel check these macros before opening the file? Thanks Nige Sub Reports_to_Word2() Dim AppWd As Word.Application Dim A1 As Range Set A1 = Range("B12:I32") Dim W1 As Range Set W1 = Range("n40:u65") Dim R1 As Range Set R1 = Range("ac75:AL100") Dim WU1 As Range Set WU1 = Range("Aq108:ay135") Dim E1 As Range Set E1 = Range("be143:bm173") Dim PI1 As Range Set PI1 = Range("Bs181:ca213") Dim Report_no As Single Dim answer As String answer = msgbox("Please wait whilst reporting forms are transfered to MS Word. This may take a few minutes." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "To stop the process hit the Escape key at anytime." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Click OK to continue.", vbOKCancel, "Generating Annual Reports") If answer = vbCancel Then Exit Sub On Error GoTo error_message Application.ScreenUpdating = False Application.StatusBar = "0 of 6 reports complete. Press escape to stop generating reports." 'open new Word doc - Note the correct version VBA References is required, located in VB Editor/Tools/References/MS Word XX Object Library Set AppWd = CreateObject("Word.Application.9") AppWd.Visible = False AppWd.ScreenUpdating = False AppWd.documents.Add 'change to landscape and more margins AppWd.Selection.PageSetup.Orientation = wdOrientLandscape AppWd.Selection.PageSetup.TopMargin = CentimetersToPoints(2) AppWd.Selection.PageSetup.BottomMargin = CentimetersToPoints(1.5) Report_no = 1 Do If Report_no = 1 Then A1.Copy If Report_no = 2 Then W1.Copy If Report_no = 3 Then R1.Copy If Report_no = 4 Then WU1.Copy If Report_no = 5 Then E1.Copy If Report_no = 6 Then PI1.Copy 'paste in form AppWd.Selection.PasteSpecial Link:=False, DataType:=wdPasteOLEObject, Placement _ :=wdInLine, DisplayAsIcon:=False Report_no = Report_no + 1 'goto end of word doc and insert page break AppWd.Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdStory If Report_no < 7 Then AppWd.Selection.InsertBreak Type:=wdSectionBreakNextPage Application.StatusBar = Report_no - 1 & " of 6 reports complete. Press escape to stop generating reports." Loop Until Report_no = 7 AppWd.Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory AppWd.Visible = True AppWd.ScreenUpdating = True Application.ScreenUpdating = True msgbox "All reports have been generated. Reports can be edited in Word by double clicking on the report table.", , "Reporting complete" Application.StatusBar = "" AppWd.Activate error_message: Application.StatusBar = "Reporting cancelled." AppWd.Visible = True AppWd.ScreenUpdating = True End Sub NickHK wrote: Hard to tell without any code, but if you intend to support Office 2000, you should write you code on that system. 2003 has capabilities that are not supported on 2000 and will lead to problems if used. Depends on your references and error handling also. Using late binding instead may be option. http://word.mvps.org/faqs/InterDev/E...ateBinding.htm NickHK "noggins" wrote in message ups.com... Hi anyone I have created a tool using Excel 2003 which contains several macros, and runs fine on my machine and also on my colleagues' with the same versions of Excel and Windows (XP Pro). However, when a client attempts to open the file it appears to open very slowly until they get a message stating that there is a problem and Excel crashes. They are using the same operating system, but running Excel 2000. My inital suspicion was that the problem lay with the module which opened MS Word and pasted information across, but i think it may be more fundamental than that. I have tried: - Changing the Microsoft Office Object Library (which is version 11 in Excel 2003, and is Microsoft Office 9.0 Object Library on their machine). - Re-saving the file as 97-2003 compatible. Can anyone help? Thanks, N. |
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