Microsoft KB Archive/311749

= XL2000: Combo Box Control on a Worksheet Returns to Its Original Value After Refresh =

Article ID: 311749

Article Last Modified on 9/23/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q311749



SYMPTOMS
A combo box control on a worksheet displays the original value, rather than the new value, after you change the focus from the control to another area of the screen, or after you refresh the display.

For example, if a combo box is initialized with the value &quot;January&quot;, and then you change the selection to &quot;February&quot;, the value &quot;January&quot; appears in the control after you click out of the control.



CAUSE
This problem only occurs when you open the workbook by using a hyperlink. Excel opens a file from a hyperlink differently from the way it opens a file from a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path or a mapped drive.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

276367 OFF2000: How to Obtain the Latest Office 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:   Date         Time       Size       File name ---  10-DEC-2001  13:04:08   1,848,996  EXCEL_Admin.msp 10-DEC-2001 12:06:04   4,461,932  EXCEL.msp After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later:   Date           Time     Version     Size       File name 07-DEC-2001  12:40:42  9.0.0.6006  7,159,853  Excel.exe 07-MAR-2001  12:25:02  2.0.4807.0     86,016  Msstko32.dll



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.

Method 1
Replace the ActiveX control that you are using with a control from the Forms toolbar. To display the Forms toolbar, point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Forms.

Method 2
Select another way to open the workbook. For example, either of the following methods works correctly:
 * On the File menu, click Open.
 * Use Windows Explorer to find the file, and then double-click the file icon to open the file.



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 first corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP-3).

Additional query words: XL2000

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbqfe kboffice2000sp3fix kboffice2000presp3fix kbhotfixserver KB311749

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