> > A (possibly) easier fix (for MS to implement): > > * On first save, embed a UUID in the header of the .xls file. > > * Provide the option -- preferably in some user- / scripter- friendly > way that doesn't necessarily expose the UUID or force typing it out > when needed -- to attach macros to UUIDs rather than file names. > > This should solve the current problem, and if VBA macros are attached to > file names and (presumably) break if the file is renamed, then it would > solve that problem too.
I am not that much surprised at this brilliance of design after having learned at an impressionable age that *OF COURSE* Excel sheets saved with localized versions won't work with English Excel since the functions KESKIARVO(), MEDELTAL(), MOYENNE(), MITTELWERT(), MEDIA(), etc. are something completely different from AVERAGE() . > >
