Re: Excel Add-In Disappearing

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan,

Good idea, but the Excel program is installed on my PC, not the network 
drive. 

	* Jerry C. Adams
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Alan Shore wrote:
> Hi Jerry
> when I first read of your predicament, small bells started ringing in my
> head, and I've just realized why.
> Years ago (roughly 12) our mainframe work was outsourced to Alltel. The
> people that worked for Alltel had their own PC's set up on their own
> network. One of their guys was perpetually (about once a week or two)
> adding the same add-ins to his PC software. To cut a long story short, the
> PC software did NOT reside on their PC, but resided on their network
> server, which was refreshed about once a week or two. Anything that wasn't
> considered "standard" was cleared out.
> Does this have any bearing on your situation?
>
>
>
> Alan Shore
>
> NBTY, Inc
> (631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
> AShore@xxxxxxxx
> "If you're going through Hell, keep going" - Winston Churchill
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> I did get it again, Marco.  This happens about once a week or so.  My
> question is: Why?
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>              * Jerry C. Adams
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> 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
> >
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> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
> > Sent: sexta-feira, 4 de Janeiro de 2008 14:37
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> > Subject: Excel Add-In Disappearing
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> > 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?
> >
> >     
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