Microsoft KB Archive/314216

= DA2002: Microsoft Data Analyzer International Update Available in the Download Center =

Article ID: 314216

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q314216





SYMPTOMS
Microsoft has released the Microsoft Data Analyzer International Update to address the following issues that occur when Microsoft Data Analyzer runs on international operating systems or on U.S. English operating systems with non-standard regional and language settings:


 * Data Analyzer stops responding.
 * Data Analyzer does not open a saved view.
 * Data Analyzer displays incorrect or unexpected results.



CAUSE
Throughout Microsoft Data Analyzer, information is converted among various formats. In some instances, Data Analyzer uses the existing regional options, but in other instances, Data Analyzer expects or produces information in the U.S. English regional format. This leads to incorrect data flow.

NOTE: This QFE only addresses specific issues where one or more of the following apply:
 * The operating system is a language version other than U.S. English.
 * The language setting in regional options (or regional settings) is set to a language other than U.S. English.
 * A non-standard decimal symbol or digit grouping symbol is selected. For example, a comma is selected as the decimal symbol for U.S. English or a period is selected as the decimal symbol for Swedish regional options.



RESOLUTION
To download the QFE, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/DataAnalyzer/Update/3.5/WIN98MeXP/EN-US/msda1001.exe



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in the Microsoft Data Analyzer International Update.



MORE INFORMATION
If you try to install the Evaluation version of the International Update and you are using Data Analyzer non-Evaluation version, you will receive the following message:

The upgrade patch cannot be installed by the Windows Installer service because the program to be upgraded may be missing, or the upgrade patch may update a different version of the program. Verify that the program to be upgraded exists on your computer and that you have the correct upgrade patch.

The International Update is installed if you see version 3.5.218 in the About Microsoft Data Analyzer box on the Help menu.

The following international issues are not addressed in this update:
 * On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows 98, if you change the decimal symbol to something other than the default regional settings, a message is displayed when Microsoft Data Analyzer starts. Then, Data Analyzer quits. If you change the decimal symbol to something other than the default regional settings while Data Analyzer is running, the color scale will be incorrect.
 * Some Data Analyzer components are not Unicode compatible. These components will display information in the correct language only if the corresponding code page is assigned on the computer.
 * The Drill Through dialog box does not respect regional settings in both the numeric and the date-time categories.
 * The Filter by Criteria dialog box and the Template Measure Editor dialog box require input in the U.S. English regional format regardless of the computer's existing regional format.
 * In the Max3API programming library that is included with Data Analyzer, the SmartSelectByName, SmartSelectByProperty, and the SmartSelectByQuality methods require quotation marks around numeric arguments in the U.S. English regional format regardless of the computer's existing regional settings.

