Microsoft KB Archive/187358

= XL97: Internet Assistant Update Does Not Include XLHTML.DLL =

Article ID: 187358

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 Q187358



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 97, when you click Save As HTML on the File menu, you may receive the following error message:

The wizard cannot find xlhtml.dll. Please rerun setup and start the wizard again.

When you click OK, the Internet Assistant Wizard does not run.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if the following conditions are true:


 * You install the updated Internet Assistant Wizard from the Microsoft Web site. -and-


 * The Web Authoring Tools were not installed from Microsoft Excel 97 or Office 97 Setup.



WORKAROUND
Use one of the following methods to work around this behavior.

Method 1
Copy the XLHTML.DLL file from :\Office folder on the Microsoft Office 97 CD-ROM to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office folder on your hard disk.

Method 2

 * 1) Rerun Microsoft Office 97 Setup and click Add/Remove.
 * 2) Select Web Authoring Tools in the list of available components.
 * 3) Click Continue to finish Microsoft Office 97 Setup.
 * 4) Reinstall the updated Internet Assistant Wizard.



MORE INFORMATION
An updated version of the Internet Assistant Wizard for Microsoft Excel 97 is available at the following Web address:

http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/html.aspx

The updated wizard corrects certain issues with the original wizard that shipped with Microsoft Excel 97 and allows you to export a worksheet to a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file by using a Visual Basic for Applications macro.

