"Unable to Read File" Error Message When You Open an Excel Workbook That Contains Links to Other Excel Workbooks (824172)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office Access 2003
- Microsoft Access 2002
- Microsoft Office Excel 2003
- Microsoft Excel 2002
This
article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and a Microsoft Access
project (.adp).
Novice: Requires knowledge of the
user interface on single-user computers.
SYMPTOMSWhen you open a workbook in Excel, and the workbook
contains links to other Excel workbooks that are generated when a report in Access is exported to Excel, you may receive the
following error message when you update the links in the workbook: Unable to read file. WORKAROUNDTo work around this problem, open all the linked Excel
workbooks before you open the workbook that contains the links.STATUS Microsoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
at the beginning of this article.
Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/22/2003 |
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Keywords: | kbReport kbExport kberrmsg kbprb KB824172 kbAudDeveloper |
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