takahash@bnrmtv.UUCP (Alan Takahashi) (01/29/88)
Try this trick:
Install Font/DA Juggler Plus (not version 2.0) on your hard disk.
Reboot your system.
Start up Microsoft Excel v1.04
When the untitled spreadsheet comes up, enter two columns of 10 numbers
Go to the File menu and select New...
Select type "Chart" and click OK
After the chart comes up, go to ANY menu item and click on it
*CRASH* [ID=02]
So much for the trick. The gist of this is that Microsoft Excel will
crash doing a relatively simple thing. If I were to remove Font/DA
Juggler Plus, Excel will run OK. My system configuration was: System 4.2
with Finder 6.0. System 4.1 with Finder 5.5 does the same thing.
Now, I already know that Excel has some problems with Multifinder. On
the other hand, Font/DA Juggler Plus is a relatively new product (I got
mine at the MacWorld Expo).
Anyone else having problems or any ideas?
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------alcmist@well.UUCP (Frederick Wamsley) (02/04/88)
>So much for the trick. The gist of this is that Microsoft Excel will >crash doing a relatively simple thing. If I were to remove Font/DA >Juggler Plus, Excel will run OK. My system configuration was: System 4.2 >with Finder 6.0. System 4.1 with Finder 5.5 does the same thing. > >Now, I already know that Excel has some problems with Multifinder. On >the other hand, Font/DA Juggler Plus is a relatively new product (I got >mine at the MacWorld Expo). I don't really know anything about Excel, but I did try to start it once with a debugger installed and set to stop whenever someone patched a Toolbox or OS trap. It turns out that Excel redefines a lot of the resource-handling functionality of the Mac, which is exactly what a product like Suitcase has to tinker with. I would guess that they get in each other's way somehow. If that's what is happening I can't think of a cure, except perhaps to buy a spreadsheet from a company that doesn't feel the need to patch GetResource in an application. -- Fred Wamsley {dual,hplabs}!well!alcmist;well!alcmist@lll-crg.arpa; CIS 72247,3130; GEnie FKWAMSLEY;ATT Mail fwamsley; USPS - why bother? "The triple-fault condition is entered in cases of extreme software malfunction and should never occur during normal operation of the processor".