RE: "Transfer Data from AS/400" icon in Excel

Sorry Dan, don't know what to tell you then, you've done everything any
knowledgeable user would try. I havent had the misfortune to come across
what you are, and I had Office 97 SR-2 until fairly recently.

I would like to say I almost spilled my coffee at the line:

"The instructions lie."

Thanks for the laugh, and the bit of schadenfreude, we've all been there.



-----Original Message-----
From: Dan [mailto:dbcemid@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:35 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: "Transfer Data from AS/400" icon in Excel


Dale & Peter, thanks for your replies.

No.  The icon does NOT "stick".  Even the instructions that Excel gives
that *seems* be the task needed to accomplish what I'm trying to do
doesnt' work:
 1) Set toolbars as desired.
 2) Close Excel
 3) In the Windows folder, change the name of the username8.xlb file
(where "username" is the network login name) to someothername.xlb.
 4) Start Excel, and open the someothername.xlb, then close Excel.
 5) At this point, the instructions imply that Excel will, from that
point forward, open with the toolbars setup like what was done in step
1.  The instructions lie.

I've even tried using View, Toolbars, and deselecting the Client Access
toolbar.  That action gets rid of the toolbar for the current
invocation of Excel, but close Excel and start it up again, and the CA
toolbar is back.

BTW, FWIW, this annoyance has exhibited itself to me in several
different environments.  This particular environment is Win98SE,
Excel97 SR-2.

TIA, Dan

--- Peter Colpaert <Peter.Colpaert@honda-eu.com> wrote:
>
> Dan,
>
> if you drag it to the end, normally it stays there next time you
> start Excel.  At least it does on my pc's.
>
> HTH,
> Peter Colpaert
>
>
> Dan <dbcemid@yahoo.com>@midrange.com on 04/12/2002 15:30:14
> Please respond to midrange-l@midrange.com
> Sent by:    midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
>
> To:    midrange-l@midrange.com
>
> cc:
>
> Subject:    "Transfer Data from AS/400" icon in Excel
>
>
> Does anyone know how to get the Transfer Data from AS/400 icon in
> Excel
> to "attach" to the end of an existing toolbar, as opposed to its
> current behavior of taking its own toolbar line?  I can drag the icon
> to do this, but I'd rather not have to fuss with this, as I get in
> and
> out of Excel quite a bit.
>
> TIA, Dan

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