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Re: Excel problems



>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Stone <mstone@mkp.com> writes:
In article <mstone.66.00086E3C@mkp.com> mstone@mkp.com (Mark Stone) writes:


    Mark> I have let Executor languish on my system for quite a while,
    Mark> but I am facing a situation this summer where being able to
    Mark> use Executor productively could be a big help. The two
    Mark> programs I hope to have running are Word 5 and Excel 3. Word
    Mark> seems to be working OK, but Excel has problems.

    Mark> I am running Executor 1.99q, with the following system info:
    Mark> Linux kernel 1.2.13, elf binaries.  2 MB applzone.  .5 MB
    Mark> syszone ..25 MB stack.  Excel version 3.0.  When attempting
    Mark> to use formulas in Excel, Executor locks up. I can enter a
    Mark> formula into a cell - such as =sum(a1,a2) - but as soon as I
    Mark> hit return to calculate the formula Executor freezes.

    Mark> If I try to start Executor in system 7 mode, by the way,
    Mark> Executor simply bombs out of Excel upon trying to start it.

Yes, you'll need to start it in System 6 mode, definitely.

    Mark> Is this a known problem, or have other people had Excel
    Mark> working fine? And what can I expect once 2.0 is out?

Excel 3.0a should work, but Excel 3.0 (without the a) will not work
under Executor, nor will it work on a 68040 based Mac with the cache
turned on.  In short, Excel 3 had a bug that made it incompatible with
68040 based Macs, and the 3.0a revision fixed this.

Excel 4 doesn't have this problem at all.

Unfortunately, Excel 5 requires multi-tasking in order to enable OLE
and we don't yet support multi-tasking, so Excel 5 won't work.

You used to be able to get a free upgrade from 3.0 to 3.0a, but I
doubt that Microsoft will still do that.

    Mark> Mark Stone markst@kudonet.com mstone@mkp.com

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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