Description of the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 9, 2005, rereleased September 6, 2005 (904941)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 2002

SUMMARY

Microsoft has rereleased the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Excel 2002. The following list contains the release history of this Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package:

  • Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: August 9, 2005
  • Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 6, 2005

This article describes the following information about the hotfix package:

  • Issues that the hotfix package fixes
  • Prerequisites for installing the hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package
  • Information about whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must make any registry changes to use one or more of the hotfixes in the package
  • Files that the hotfix package contains

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Microsoft Excel 2002 issue that is fixed in the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that was initially released August 9, 2005, and then rereleased on September 6, 2005.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes

This hotfix package fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • Assume a situation where you use the AutoComplete feature with the Input Method Editor 2000 (IME) in Microsoft Excel 2002. Then, you run a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro.

    In this situation, you receive the following error message if the VBA macro does certain worksheet manipulations:
    Run-time error '1004'
    Examples of worksheet manipulations include moving data, copying data, or making the worksheet visible.

MORE INFORMATION

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:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

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 the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed.

    For more information about Office XP Service Pack 3, 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 version 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

  • To install the hotfix, you must have Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) installed.

    For more information about Office XP Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    832671 Description of Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3

Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information

You do not have to create or to modify any registry keys to enable the hotfix 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
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   06-Sep-2005  15:42  15,024,128  Excelff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   06-Sep-2005  15:41   5,061,632  Excelop.msp (optimized)
Version 1.0 (August 9, 2005) of hotfix KB904644 contained the following files and file versions.
   Date         Time   Size        File name
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   09-Aug-2005  20:42  15,029,248  Excelff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   09-Aug-2005  20:42   5,565,440  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
   -----------------------------------------------------
   03-Sep-2005  00:38  10.0.6775.0  9,194,176  Excel.exe
Version 1.0 (August 9, 2005) of hotfix KB904644 contained the following file and file version. 
   Date         Time   Version      Size       File name
   -----------------------------------------------------
   09-Aug-2005  17:04  10.0.6771.0  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.

REFERENCES

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses for software that is corrected after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/7/2006
Keywords:kbOfficeXPpostSP3fix kbProgramming kbAutomation KbVBA kbBug kbQFE kbfix kbHotfixRollup KB904941 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO
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