Microsoft KB Archive/164745

= SBFM97: Total Monthly Payments Calculation Is Incorrect =

Article ID: 164745

Article Last Modified on 8/5/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q164745



SYMPTOMS
The Total Monthly Payments and Present Value of Payments calculations may be incorrect when you perform a Buy vs. Lease analysis.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:


 * You use the What-If Wizard (on the Accounting menu) to run a Buy vs. Lease analysis. -and-


 * You type any value other than 12 in the Payments Per Year box in step 2 of the Analyze Buy Versus Lease dialog box.

The calculations use 12 payments per year instead of the number you specify in the wizard.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem has been fixed in the updated versions of the Quickbooks driver and Msapp.dll.

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:

Sbfm97qb.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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Additional query words: XL97 8.00 sbfm sbfm97qb exe

Keywords: KB164745

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