Microsoft KB Archive/22098

Multiplan: When a Spreadsheet Xternal Copies Itself PSS ID Number: Q22098 Article last modified on 01-10-1991 PSS database name: D_MPlan

2.x 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.04 4.00 4.01 4.20

MS-DOS

Summary:

Multiplan versions 2.x check for the saved version of a file when an Xternal Copy command is executed. In versions 3.00 and 3.01, Multiplan will not read the saved version if the spreadsheet being externally copied is the one currently in memory.

Example:


 * 1) Enter a “1” in cell r1c1.
 * 2) Choose Name and type “X”, then press ENTER.
 * 3) Choose Transfer Save and type “X”, then press ENTER.
 * 4) Choose Blank and press ENTER.
 * 5) Choose Xternal Copy from sheet X, area X.

Multiplan versions 3.00, 3.01, 3.02, and 3.04 will not bring in the “1” from the saved “X” sheet; versions 2.x do.

A workaround is to save the current worksheet under a different name, then Xternal Copy from the new name of the worksheet.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1991.