Re: Excel Add-In Disappearing

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete,

This may be it.  We have MVE running so it may be trashing things 
periodically.  I'll pass this along to our sys admin.

Thanks.

	* Jerry C. Adams
*IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
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	615.995.7024
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Pete Helgren wrote:
> Jerry,
>
> Any chance you might have a "firewall" or some kind of program 
> protection running?  I know that McAfee Virusscan Enterprise has Access 
> Protection Rules that you can override but then they get re-established 
> depending upon rules from the server.  Also, could you have a virus 
> scanning package that sees it as a virus?  There was a time that a 
> McAfee version of Viruscan would blcok icons from displaying.
>
> Odd that it would happen regularly, without running any other kind of 
> update.
>
> Pete Helgren
>
>
> Jerry Adams wrote:
>   
> > I did get it again, Marco.  This happens about once a week or so.  My 
> > question is: Why?
> >
> >
> > 	* Jerry C. Adams
> > *IBM System i Programmer/Analyst
> > B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
> > voice
> > 	615.995.7024
> > fax
> > 	615.995.1201
> > email
> > 	jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
> > Silva Marco wrote:
> >   
> >     
> > > Go get it again
> > >
> > > In excel add a new Add-In and is in: C:\Program Files\IBM\Client
> > > Access\Shared
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Obrigado,
> > > Marco Silva
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
> > > Sent: sexta-feira, 4 de Janeiro de 2008 14:37
> > > To: Midrange-L
> > > Subject: Excel Add-In Disappearing
> > >
> > > I have an annoying problem whereby the iSeries Access add-in for Excel 
> > > is disappearing.  This is happening to me so I know that it is not 
> > > something that a user is doing out of the ordinary.
> > >
> > > Yesterday I successfully transferred data from the System i5 to a 
> > > spreadsheet.  This morning I tried to import to a new spreadsheet and, 
> > > even though the icon is still on the toolbar, clicking it did absolutely
> > >
> > > no good.  The 'iSeries Access Data Transfer' option was checked in the 
> > > Tools...Add-In... option box.  I had to do the install of cwbtfxla.xll 
> > > once again, and it is working again.
> > >
> > > My PC has not been re-booted since yesterday.  I do keep 2-3 
> > > spreadsheets open at all times.  Nothing perverse has, as far as I know,
> > >
> > > happened to or been done on the PC. 
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >   
> > >     
> > >       
> >   
> >