mesp@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Simon Plint) (04/19/91)
I get this error message; Can't access <filename> CONTINUE or cancel when I try to open a particular excel worksheet. Could someone tell me why I am getting this meesage and possibly a way in which I could open this document or at least retrieve the data in it, Thanks, ------------------------- Simon Plint TUNRA BSH University of Newcastle, N.S.W. AUSTRALIA. _________________________
jlooi@cs.tcd.ie (Jooli Ooi) (04/24/91)
In <1991Apr19.112411.10001@cc.newcastle.edu.au> mesp@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Simon Plint) writes: >I get this error message; > Can't access <filename> CONTINUE or cancel >when I try to open a particular excel worksheet. Could >someone tell me why I am getting this meesage and possibly >a way in which I could open this document or at least retrieve >the data in it, I had a similar problem - I got round it by running the Excel application first, and then from there do an 'open' on the relevant document. (At some stage, the problem seemed to just go away...) Also, if I'm not mistaken, I got a warning from Excel when I tried to do this but it just carried on as normal after that. Julie Ooi. -- =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Julie Ooi Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland Telephone: +353-1-772941 ext 1538 FAX: +353-1-772204
pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby) (04/30/91)
In article <1991Apr24.151014.1373@cs.tcd.ie> jlooi@cs.tcd.ie (Jooli Ooi) writes: >In <1991Apr19.112411.10001@cc.newcastle.edu.au> mesp@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Simon Plint) writes: >>I get this error message; >> Can't access <filename> CONTINUE or cancel >>when I try to open a particular excel worksheet. Could > >I had a similar problem - I got round it by running the Excel >application first, and then from there do an 'open' on the relevant >document. (At some stage, the problem seemed to just go away...) To add to 'odd behavior in Excel,' has anyone else seen Excel throw up a dialog when you double-click a document in the Finder? This is what it looks like: The file "Microsoft Excel" could not be opened or printed (-37) The screwy thing about this is that I double-clicked a DOCUMENT, not the program! How does the finder get "Microsoft Excel" as the document name when in fact I clicked on "Hygroscopic time Const"? Note that the -37 means "Bad name" on my list of system error codes. Also note that double-clicking the document a second time (after dismissing the dialog) will almost ALWAYS result in a proper launch of Excel and opening of the document. This has happened to me with Excel 2.2/2.2a on a IIx with System 6.0.7, a IIfx with System 6.0.7, and a IIcx with System 6.0.5. The desktop has been rebuilt numerous times.... -- | Paul E. Jacoby, 3M Company | | | Maplewood, MN 55144-1000 | Parachuting? Why jump out of a | | => pejacoby@3m.com | perfectly good airplane? | | (612) 737-3211 | |
rsb5c@watt.acc.Virginia.EDU (Richard S. Bondi) (04/30/91)
You probably have typed a space accidentally in front of the filename.