running excel97 on windows XP

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Hi JulieD

No problems! I'm running Excel 97 on Windows XP Professional and have
done so for some time.

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Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia
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Hi Norman

thanks for the response & how's things going on your side of the country ?

i asked the question as i'm developing an access database which exports data
and they wanted it in access 97 exporting to excel 97 and now one of the
principles has commented:

"I am replying early as there are concerns about the use of Access 97 and
Excel 97. Our host agency is moving from Access 2000 to XP. I cannot
confirm, at this time, if the Department can supply Access 97 and Excel 97
and whether they will support the software. I am told that these older
packages are not fully compatible with XP and some conflicts occur with
printing reports and exporting text forms."

have you heard about these report printing / exporting problems?

Cheers
Julie
 
Hi JulieD!

I haven't heard any reports but wait around and see if anyone else
has.

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Norman Harker MVP (Excel)
Sydney, Australia
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I have xl95, xl97 sr2 and xl2002 all on an xp home machine. No problems. Of
course, they install in separate directories.
 
Julie,

I understand that there are major differences between Access97 and later
versions of Access.
As already stated Excel97 works fine on WindowsXP and XL97 is compatible
with XL2002. However, make sure you test any code written for XL97 on the
later versions, as problems do occur. My cynical view is that
"compatibility" means code can be written that works on multiple versions,
not that existing code will work.

Regards,
Jim Cone
San Francisco,CA

JulieD said:
Hi Norman

thanks for the response & how's things going on your side of the country ?
i asked the question as i'm developing an access database which exports
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data and they wanted it in access 97 exporting to excel 97 and now one of
the principles has commented:
"I am replying early as there are concerns about the use of Access 97 and
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Excel 97. Our host agency is moving from Access 2000 to XP. I cannot
confirm, at this time, if the Department can supply Access 97 and Excel 97
and whether they will support the software. I am told that these older
packages are not fully compatible with XP and some conflicts occur with
printing reports and exporting text forms."
have you heard about these report printing / exporting problems?
Cheers
Julie
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