It's worth a shot. Thanks
Fred Antrobus On Mon, 2002-07-01 at 06:24, suredata wrote: > I encountered a similar problem a few months ago related to MS Office XP not > working with Oterro 2.0 under Windows XP Professional. > > Completely removing Office XP and reinstalling it after a cold boot solved > my problem, which apparently was caused by installing RBW 6.5++ after Office > XP. This problem occurs with Windows XP only. Even if you are not using > Office XP, you might want to give it a try. > > Stan Loo > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred Antrobus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 2:17 PM > Subject: Excel, ODBC and XP Pro problem > > > > I have created a spreadsheet which via odbc retrieves data from a R:Base > > database. > > I have also created the system DSN on each of the workstations for the > > database. > > > > This sheet works as expected on Win95, win98 and WinNT. > > > > This sheet works one (1) time on a XP Pro system. Every time I go to > > refresh the data after that first time I get a error message from the > > ODBC manager that it is a bad connection. Eventual I get a message that > > > > "database is already opened in a way that it is not available to me." > > > > If I take the sheet to another machine it works great. > > > > I believe this might be a configuration thing that is specific to XP. > > > > Any ideas?? > > > > > > > > TIA, > > -- > > -- Fred Antrobus > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- (425)235-7796 > > > > ================================================ > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > ================================================ > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ -- -- Fred Antrobus -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- (425)235-7796 ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
