Opening/converting other spreadsheet programs' files
 

Hello all,

I'm sorry if this is a little off topic for this newsgroup. I tried looking
for a more reasonable NG, but didn't see anything that jumped out at me.

Using Excel 2002 SP3

I opened a .WK4 file in Excel (I'm guessing that is a Lotus 1-2-3 file). I
then tried to use the DATE(y,m,d) function. It worked okay as long as month
was 1-12 and day was 1-28, 1-30, or 1-31 (depending on the month).

But the "extended functionality" of DATE would not work like it does in a
new Excel workbook. Every time month or day was changed to a number outside
of those ranges, it would return #NUM!. I tried saving it as a Microsoft
Excel Workbook (1st choice), but it still behaves the same way.

Is there any way to open/save this file so the extended functionality of
DATE will work?

Thanks for any help anyone can provide,

Conan Kelly

Opening/converting other spreadsheet programs' files
 

Conan Kelly wrote...
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I opened a .WK4 file in Excel (I'm guessing that is a Lotus 1-2-3 file).

Correct.

I then tried to use the DATE(y,m,d) function. It worked okay as long as month
was 1-12 and day was 1-28, 1-30, or 1-31 (depending on the month).

But the "extended functionality" of DATE would not work like it does in a
new Excel workbook. Every time month or day was changed to a number outside
of those ranges, it would return #NUM!. I tried saving it as a Microsoft
Excel Workbook (1st choice), but it still behaves the same way.
....

WK4 files are treated as having Transition Formula Evaluation enabled.
123's @DATE gives the errors you describe, and in transition mode Excel
does the same. Disable transition formula evaluation by running the
menu command Tools Options, select the Transition tab, and uncheck
the box for Transition Formula Evaluation. Seems you may also want to
uncheck the box for Transition Formula Entry as well. Note: this may
cause different formulas/function calls the fail.

Opening/converting other spreadsheet programs' files
 

Harlan,

That was it.

Thank so much for all of your help,

Conan




"Harlan Grove" wrote in message
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Conan Kelly wrote...
...
I opened a .WK4 file in Excel (I'm guessing that is a Lotus 1-2-3 file).

Correct.

I then tried to use the DATE(y,m,d) function. It worked okay as long as
month
was 1-12 and day was 1-28, 1-30, or 1-31 (depending on the month).

But the "extended functionality" of DATE would not work like it does in a
new Excel workbook. Every time month or day was changed to a number
outside
of those ranges, it would return #NUM!. I tried saving it as a Microsoft
Excel Workbook (1st choice), but it still behaves the same way.
...

WK4 files are treated as having Transition Formula Evaluation enabled.
123's @DATE gives the errors you describe, and in transition mode Excel
does the same. Disable transition formula evaluation by running the
menu command Tools Options, select the Transition tab, and uncheck
the box for Transition Formula Evaluation. Seems you may also want to
uncheck the box for Transition Formula Entry as well. Note: this may
cause different formulas/function calls the fail.