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

[Mike Buglass <mike.buglass@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan <dbcemid=/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote in
20021204173448.66451.qmail@web14505.mail.yahoo.com:">news:20021204173448.66451.qmail@web14505.mail.yahoo.com:

> 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=cBIZ6QZZlIdWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> 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=/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>@midrange.com on
>> 04/12/2002 15:30:14 Please respond to
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>> 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
>

Dan, what version of client access are you using?  I had the same
problem in early versions, but since about 4.5 of express the toolbar
stayed where I put it.



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Mike Buglass