Hi Art Thanks! And indeed, I should have googled or checked the FrameUsers archives first, sorry about that.
Cheers Yves On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote: > Yves, > > If you do a Google search, you'll see that for most people they > stopped working when SP3 shipped. There have been at least a dozen > threads about it on this list and more on the other Frame lists. > > SP3 plugged a security hole in XP's OLE implementation, so while > rolling the fix back is possible, it certainly isn't recommended, > especially if you're in any kind of business environment. FM 8 users > have reported the problem too, but in 9, I believe Adobe re-engineered > the program's support method because they were aware of the problem. > Initial testing and reports, such as yours, seem to indicate that it > works. But I'd be surprised if anything fixes 7.x objects because it > isn't supported code either on the FM or operating system side. > > Art > > Art Campbell > art.campbell at gmail.com > "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 > Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson > No disclaimers apply. > DoD 358 > > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Yves Barbion <yves.barbion at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Frameusers > > > > I'm using FrameMaker 7.2 p158, Windows XP SP3 and Excel 2003 and 2007. I > > copy a couple of cells from an Excel sheet and past them as OLE objects > in > > some of my FM documents. I do it this way for this type of documents > because > > the tables contain formulas. I only have one or two of these objects in > my > > FM docs, so file size isn't the issue here. This has always worked pretty > > well until some time ago. I now see the following behavior: when I paste > the > > copied cells in my FM document as OLE object (Edit > Paste Special > > Paste > > Link), I just get to see a very small empty anchored frame of 4 x 4 mm. > > > > When I paste the copied cells in FM8 and FM9, everything is okay. > > > > Has anyone had this experience with FM 7.2 too? Any ideas why these OLE > > objects stopped working at some point? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > -- > > Yves > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > >
