INTRODUCTION
This article describes the Excel 2002 issues that are fixed in the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that was released July 15, 2005, and then rereleased September 6, 2005.
Issues that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
- You use a client program to extract data programmatically from an Excel worksheet. When you delay clicking to update the links in the Excel workbook, the Workbook_Open event in a Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro may not run.
- You use a PivotTable on an Excel worksheet to filter data that is extracted from an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) database. When you refresh the PivotTable, the filter criteria are lost. Additionally, you cannot reset the filter criteria.
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Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
Prerequisites
- The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install this version of the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed.
For more information about Office XP SP3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
832671
Description of Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
- The optimized version of this hotfix requires Microsoft Windows Installer 2.0 or a later version.
For more information about the Windows Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
330537
Office XP updates and patches released after September 2002 may require Windows Installer 2.0
- The full-file version of this hotfix is also the administrative version of this hotfix. You can install this version of the hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). However, we have tested this hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP3 more extensively than we have on a computer that is running Office XP SP2. If you install this hotfix on a computer that is running Office XP SP2, some file conflicts may occur. We support this configuration, but we do not recommend it.
Restart information
You do not have to restart the computer after you install this hotfix.
Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.
Registry information
You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that this package contains.
Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.
The global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Version 2.0 (September 6, 2005) of hotfix KB904644 contains updated versions of the following files.
Date Time Size File name
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06-Sep-2005 18:07 15,024,128 Excelff.msp (full-file/administrative)
06-Spe-2005 15:19 5,061,632 Excelop.msp (optimized)
Version 1.0 (July 15, 2005) of hotfix KB904644 contained the following files and file versions.
Date Time Size File name
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15-Jul-2005 15:19 15,029,760 Excelff.msp (full-file/administrative)
15-Jul-2005 15:19 5,570,048 Excelop.msp (optimized)
After you install the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table.
Version 2.0 (September 6, 2005) of hotfix KB904644 contains the updated version of the following file.
Date Time Version Size File name
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03-Sep-2005 00:38 10.0.6775.0 9,194,176 Excel.exe
Version 1.0 (July 15, 2005) of hotfix KB904644 contained the following file and file version.
Date Time Version Size File name
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14-Jul-2005 04:06 10.0.6770.0 9,194,176 Excel.exe
Note For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the package.