XL2000: You Cannot Reactivate an Embedded Excel Workbook That Contains VBA Code (324234)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2000
This article was previously published under Q324234

SYMPTOMS

If you have an embedded Microsoft Excel workbook that contains Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code in a Microsoft Word document, you cannot reactivate the embedded Excel workbook if it has been activated before.

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 has the file attributes (or later) 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. 
   Date           Time   Size       File name     
   ------------------------------------------------
   26-Jun-2002    13:21  4,461,404  Excel_admin.msp
   26-Jun-2002    12:14  1,864,792  Excel.msp
After the hotfix is installed, the following files will have the listed attributes or later: 
   Date         Time   Version         Size       File name     
   -------------------------------------------------------
   23-Jun-2002  22:05  9.0.0.6620      7,163,949  Excel.exe

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).
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbQFE KBHotfixServer kbOffice2000SP3Fix kbbug kbfix kbOffice2000preSP3fix KB324234
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