Microsoft KB Archive/173112

= XL97: "Missing or Illegal Field Name" Using Advanced Filter =

Article ID: 173112

Article Last Modified on 4/21/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q173112



SYMPTOMS
When you use the Advanced Filter command in Microsoft Excel 97, you may receive the following error message:

The extract range has a missing or illegal field name.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if one or more column headings in the list of data are missing even though the data record Field Information for the missing column is present.

NOTE: This problem does not occur in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use the Advanced Filter command a second time immediately after receiving the error message; when you do this, you do not receive the error message again. In addition, if you use column headings for all of the fields, you do not receive the error message.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.

