Just to confirm, I could never get XLS 5.0 to work in Excel version 2000 and earlier. XLS 4.0 worked fine though.
Best regards, Mike Young On Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:55:05 -0500, Javier Valencia wrote: >I wonder if you are using a newer version of Excel that is able to correct >the problem rather than terminate. I used Gateway selecting XLS 4.0 and it >worked fine, apparently the problem is with XLS 5.0. > >Javier Valencia, PE >President >Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. >14315 S. Twilight Ln., Suite #14 >Olathe, KS 66062-4571 >(913)829-0888 >(913)649-2904 FAX > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-rbase- [EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of Claudine Robbins >Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 6:28 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: GATEWAY EXPORT XLS5 > >I did the same thing Javier did (same options, same versions). Excel >gave me the following error upon opening the file: "Errors were detected >in "test2.xls" but Microsoft Excel was able to open the file by making >the repairs below. Save the file to make these repairs permanent: lost >document information". The file otherwise looked fine. > >Claudine :) > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Javier Valencia >Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 5:57 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: GATEWAY EXPORT XLS5 > > >I tried using Gateway from the Utilities menu (Import/Export) >and selected Excel 5.0 as the type. When I tried to open the >file with Excel 2000 (9.0.3821 SR-1) I got the following error >message: "This program has performed an illegal operation and >will be shutdown. If the problem persist, contact the program >vendor" I am running Window 98SE and Rbase 6.5++ Build >1.855XRT03. I would say the problem is reproducible and probably a bug. > >Javier Valencia, PE >President >Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. >14315 S. Twilight Ln., Suite #14 >Olathe, KS 66062-4571 >(913)829-0888 >(913)649-2904 FAX > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-rbase- [EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of Albert Berry >Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:31 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: GATEWAY EXPORT XLS5 > >I tried the GateWay export to XLS5 (and 4 and 3), but each time >I attempted to open the file in Excel, Excel had a fit and >GPF'd. I replaced the string XLS5 with DB4, and Excel opened >the file perfectly, but of course the column Identifiers were >Col_1, Col_2, etc. > >Is it me? > >-- >Albert Berry >Full Time Consultant to >PSD Solutions >350 West Hubbard, Suite 210 >Chicago, IL 60610 >312-828-9253 Ext. 32 > > >______________________________________________________ ____________ >The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. 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