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Carl Muller
Is there a special trick to embed MIDI files in excel spreadsheets? I
am using Excel 2000 on Windows XP. I use Insert->Object...->Create
From File->filename.mid ("link to file" is unchecked).
When I double click the cell it plays correctly on my machine.
On other peoples' machines though, it just locks up their machine for
a minute or so if they double click on the cell.
So they have asked me to send the .mid files separately, which they
can play from the desktop. I guess trying to include anything other
than plain text in a spreadsheet is asking for trouble, but I would be
interested if there is a workaround. Does excel assume that the
spreadsheet can only be opened by a user with the exact same PC or
something like that (i.e. does it embed local GUIDs or file paths)?
I embedded a short .wav file (sound sample) in the same spreadsheet -
when I double click that, Windows gives me a warning that that sort of
file might contain a virus or be harmful to my computer. Why would
Microsoft make a .wav file contain viruses? Does Excel look through
the sample for Visual Basic scripting code or something? Is it because
I have WinAmp on my system and Windows doesn't trust it?
Carl.
am using Excel 2000 on Windows XP. I use Insert->Object...->Create
From File->filename.mid ("link to file" is unchecked).
When I double click the cell it plays correctly on my machine.
On other peoples' machines though, it just locks up their machine for
a minute or so if they double click on the cell.
So they have asked me to send the .mid files separately, which they
can play from the desktop. I guess trying to include anything other
than plain text in a spreadsheet is asking for trouble, but I would be
interested if there is a workaround. Does excel assume that the
spreadsheet can only be opened by a user with the exact same PC or
something like that (i.e. does it embed local GUIDs or file paths)?
I embedded a short .wav file (sound sample) in the same spreadsheet -
when I double click that, Windows gives me a warning that that sort of
file might contain a virus or be harmful to my computer. Why would
Microsoft make a .wav file contain viruses? Does Excel look through
the sample for Visual Basic scripting code or something? Is it because
I have WinAmp on my system and Windows doesn't trust it?
Carl.