SUMMARY
This article describes the Microsoft Excel 2002 issues that
are fixed in the Microsoft Excel 2002 Post-Service Pack 2 Hotfix package that
is dated July 11, 2003.
Issues That Are Fixed in the Hotfix Package
The following issues are fixed in this hotfix package. These
issues were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base
article
- The ChangeLink Method Does Not Behave As Excepted
Not all array formulas that contain external Microsoft
Excel links are changed when you use the Microsoft Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA) ChangeLink method. - The Range.Calculate or the Selection.Calculate Methods Fail After You Update Links to a Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) Server
Excel does not calculate ranges in a workbook when the Range.Calculate or the Selection.Calculate methods are called. This issue occurs after you open and update
any workbook with DDE links.
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Service Pack Information
This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3.
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft Office
XP. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
307841 OFFXP:
How to obtain the latest Office XP service pack
Hotfix Information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next Microsoft Office XP service pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem immediately, 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.
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- The optimized version of this hotfix is a post-Office XP
Service Pack 2 (SP-2) hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Office XP
SP-2 installed.
For
additional information about Office XP SP-2, click the following article number
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 325671
OFFXP: Overview of the Office XP Service Pack 2
- The optimized version of this hotfix requires Microsoft
Windows Installer 2.0 or later.
For additional information about the Windows
Installer requirement, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
330537
OFFXP: 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 with Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 1 (SP-1). However, Microsoft has
not tested this fix on Office XP SP-1 to the same extent as on Office XP
Service Pack 2 (SP-2). If you install this hotfix on a computer with Office XP
SP-1 installed, some file conflicts might occur. Microsoft supports this
configuration, but we do not recommend this configuration.
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You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this
hotfix package.
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This hotfix package is replaced by a later hotfix package.
For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
823969
Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 2
hotfix package: August 10, 2003
Registry Information
You do not have to create or modify any registry keys to activate
any hotfixes that are contained in this hotfix package.
back to the topHotfix File Information
This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct
the issues that this article lists. This hotfix package may not contain all the
package 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) 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
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11-Jul-2003 21:33 16,570,224 Excelff.msp (full-file/administrative)
11-Jul-2003 20:17 4,711,236 Excelop.msp (optimized)
After the hotfix is installed, the global version of
this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following
table:
Date Time Version Size File name
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09-Jul-2003 22:19 10.0.5508.0 9,177,656 Excel.exe
Note For more information about hoe to install this hotfix, see the
Readme.txt file that is included in the package.
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