Windows Compatibility Feature

[Guest]

Hi All......

The Windows Compatibility feature to set Excel to work like with WinMe,
works fine for Excel97 and Excel2002, but does not work on Excel2000sp3. it
causes the program to get the "send message" error and crash. Does anyone
know if there is a workaround?

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Rock]

Hi All......

The Windows Compatibility feature to set Excel to work like with WinMe,
works fine for Excel97 and Excel2002, but does not work on Excel2000sp3.
it
causes the program to get the "send message" error and crash. Does anyone
know if there is a workaround?

Why are you trying to run it in compatibility mode? That is for when a
program will not run on XP, so you tell it to run as if the OS was
different. I believe Excel 2000 runs fine on XP. Also There are Excel and
Office newsgroup, such as under microsoft.public.excel and
microsoft.public.office

 

[CLR]

I've already explained all that in two previous threads, one of which you
posted to.
If you are interested in finding out, they are:
"Can XP control performance of Excel", on 2/10/07
"Too many macros for XP", on 2/9/07

Thanks, but I'm already aware of the Excel Newsgroups....I post there
frequently.

Right now I need to know if anyone knows how to get Excel2000sp3 to run in
"Windows Compatibility" mode.

Another thing I would like to know is how to keep "Windows Compatibility"
mode from making Excel97 truncate "Save As" filenames to one character. I
understand this also occurs in MSWord but I haven't done that personally.

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Rock]

I've already explained all that in two previous threads, one of which you
posted to.
If you are interested in finding out, they are:
"Can XP control performance of Excel", on 2/10/07
"Too many macros for XP", on 2/9/07

Thanks, but I'm already aware of the Excel Newsgroups....I post there
frequently.

Right now I need to know if anyone knows how to get Excel2000sp3 to run in
"Windows Compatibility" mode.

Another thing I would like to know is how to keep "Windows Compatibility"
mode from making Excel97 truncate "Save As" filenames to one character. I
understand this also occurs in MSWord but I haven't done that personally.

Oh ok, I use a newsreader and only see the recent threads, so I didn't see
anything earlier in this one ( I just moved to a different user account too,
which lost previous history).

 

[Guest]

No problem........at any rate, I've trashed the whole idea of using the
"Windows Compatibility" mode as it seems to be just one negative issue on top
of another. I've just re-written my Excel program, and all is well now......

Thanks anyway,
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3