Microsoft KB Archive/168706

= FIX: PivotTable Wizard - Cannot Find Excel 97 =

Article ID: 168706

Article Last Modified on 10/16/2002

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q168706



SYMPTOMS
When running the PivotTable Wizard from Microsoft Visual FoxPro version 5.0, if Excel 97 is installed, you will receive the following error:

Could Not Locate Microsoft Excel



CAUSE
The PivotTable Wizard was failing with Excel 97 because it could not find the application path. This was a general problem with the Wizard if Excel was located in a long-file named path such as \Program Files\Office\Excel.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been corrected in Microsoft Visual FoxPro version 5.0a for Windows.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
With Microsoft Excel 97 installed to a long file-named path:
 * 1) Run Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0.
 * 2) Open a database.
 * 3) From the Tools menu, select Wizards and click PivotTable.

This returns the error "Could Not Locate Microsoft Excel."

NOTE: In order for the PivotTable Wizard to work, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Query should already be installed.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbbug kbfix kbvfp500afix KB168706

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