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Description of the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package: September 6, 2005


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Summary

Microsoft has released the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package for Microsoft Excel 2002. This article describes the following information about the hotfix package:
  • The issues that the hotfix package fixes
  • The prerequisites for applying the hotfix package
  • Information about whether you must restart the computer after you apply 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
  • The files that the hotfix package contains

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Introduction

This article describes the Excel 2002 issues that are fixed in the Excel 2002 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package that is dated September 6, 2005.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes

The following issue is fixed in this hotfix package:
  • 905208� Part of a worksheet is missing when you run a VBA macro that uses the ScreenUpdating property to unhide a worksheet after you close the Document Recovery task pane in Excel 2002
This hotfix package also fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
  • You open a worksheet in Excel 2002 by using a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro in Microsoft Word. If the VBA macro uses the GetObject() function to open the worksheet, you may experience one of the following symptoms:
    • When you scroll down and then up in the worksheet, incorrect data appears.
    • The worksheet does not open, and Excel may unexpectedly quit (crash). Additionally, you receive the following error message:
      Microsoft Excel has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

      To see what data this error report contains, click here.
      When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that is similar to the following error signature:
         Application name   Application version   Module name   Module version   Offset
         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Excel.exe          10.0.6501.0           Excel.exe     10.0.6501.0      0022bdf3
      
      Additionally, other program versions, module versions, and offsets are possible.

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More information

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Prerequisites

  • The optimized version and the full-file version of this hotfix is a post-Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) hotfix. To install this version of the hotfix, you must have Office XP SP3 installed. For more information about Office XP SP3, 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
  • The full-file version of this hotfix is also the administrative version of this hotfix.

Restart information

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

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix is not replaced by any other hotfix.

Registry information

You must create or modify a registry key to enable one of the hotfixes that this package contains.

For more information about the registry key, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
905208� Part of a worksheet is missing when you run a VBA macro that uses the ScreenUpdating property to unhide a worksheet after you close the Document Recovery task pane in Excel 2002

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.
   Date          Time    Size         File name
   -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   06-Sep-2005   15:57   15,024,128   Excelff.msp (full-file/administrative)
   06-Sep-2005   15:56    5,061,632   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.
   Date          Time    Version       Size        File name
   ---------------------------------------------------------
   03-Sep-2005   00:38   10.0.6775.0   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.

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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

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Keywords: kbautohotfix, kbbug, kberrmsg, kbvba, kbautomation, kbqfe, kbhotfixserver, kbfix, kbhotfixrollup, kbofficexppostsp3fix, kbprogramming, KB905207

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Article Info
Article ID : 905207
Revision : 7
Created on : 3/6/2006
Published on : 3/6/2006
Exists online : False
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