Microsoft KB Archive/249030

= XL97: Linked Files with Lookup Functions Updated Much More Slowly Than in Earlier Versions of Excel =

Article ID: 249030

Article Last Modified on 8/30/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q249030





SYMPTOMS
When you click Yes to update the links on a workbook that you are opening, Microsoft Excel appears to stop responding (hang). After a long wait, the links are updated, and you gain control of the worksheet.

The same workbook may have been updated much more quickly in earlier versions of Excel.



CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:
 * Your workbook contains a large number of links to one or more Excel workbooks.

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 * Many of the linked cells contain formulas that use the VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP functions.



WORKAROUND
To work around the problem, open the supporting file(s) before you open this workbook.



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 Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.

Additional query words: XL97 lookup

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB249030

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