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A user accidentally trashed the Windows XP registry and parts of XP folders on his workstation (don't ask!). This required a re-installation of XP and all software including MS Office 2003. Fortunately all data survived intact and I was able to recover the user's "outlook.pst" database file. The "Test Account …

I am trying to remove certain buttons from an office menu bar, but am having trouble obtaining the menu bar handle. If anyone knows how to do this, it would be greatly appreciated.

I am trying to write some code in Word 2003 for a document / form that contains a check box and a text field. All I need is for the text field to be enabled once the checkbox has been checked. I cant seem to get this to work ! …

Microsoft Office Live Communicator is a very effective conferencing tool which actually works in synchronization with Outlook. We have a corporate global address book for Microsoft Exchange Server. Now in Communicator u can add contacts by searching a name in the find area. whatever search string u give it does …

Hi. I have been working on a new project for the last few days. The project was to create an automated system that will create reports (using the data given by the employees), save them and then send them to the e-mail address that they need to be sent to... …

Hey all. Got a little problem: When my managers sends out emails (from office 2003/7) about meetings and who can attend, I receives codes instead of a legible email. I believe that there is an incompatibility between office 2000 (which i use) and office 2003/2007 wrt such emails. :sad: Is …

Does anyone know?, how can i edit an excel file from visual basic, but without installing excel? Actually, i know how to create or modify an excel document with code in visual basic, but is necessary add a reference to the excel's object library in the project. the trouble is: …

Windows XP SP2 Windows Office 2003 (Outlook)v 11.8118.8132 SP2 I spent most of last Sunday recovering from a bad deed of my own making. Attempting to download a video clip, I was told that WMP could not handle the type of file, and asked me if I wanted to download …

Hi all, Most of u must have used Microsoft Office Communicator. Earlier the conferencing options on the top of any conversation used to be missing in my window. No matter whatever I tried, editing security policies etc...nothing worked even unistalling/reinstaling didn't. Finally I unistalled it and then manually removed all …

people i am having the weirdest case ever the computer that i am using currently when i open a document word or excel or any sort of ms office it seems to crash down after the product splash screen??!!!:S

I have a single domain with and Exchange Server 2003. Outlook 2003 is the mail client we use running on Windows XP SP2. Some folks are experiencing some slowness when using Outlook, you can type a full sentence then get a cup of coffee come back and it's still not …

Hi everyone, if you can recall from my previous posting, I had explained that my "spreadshit does not fit into the same page", but I've now unraveled what the other programmer did to accomplish this goal: looking at the input table to my spreadsheet, he first used "queryDef" to generate …

Specifically, I am trying to change the data range when a row is added to the table. I am teaching myself, with only the Excel help as a reference. If someone can tell me the proper command, I can decipher the syntax and application.

[B][/B] I spent most of last Sunday recovering from a bad deed of my own making. Attempting to download a video clip, I was told that WMP could not handle the type of file, and asked me if I wanted to download a Codec. Regrettably I allowed the download, and …

Hi I have an application built in Excel which transfers arrays of data to S-Plus for manipulation and calculations and fetches results from S-Plus and displays them in Excel. It uses COM communication to link excel to S-Plus, however this can be quite slow as the arrays I pass have …

I borrowed a friends office xp cd to load it on my computer. I need to reformat my hard drive to get rid of a partition but dont want to lose office xp. How can I back this up. I have everything else I need saved or backed up on …

Heh ladies and gents wondered if someone might know the answer to this one; currently work has required us to change the address details on our autosignatures, (not a problem) anyway so changed the address for mine and other less pc loving colleagues when one college asked if he could …

Hi guys I'm trying to build a "New user form" that automates the process of new users joining the company. What I have done so far 1) Created a Macro that launches a form that has a number of fields where you enter "First Name, surname etc. etc. etc." you …

Can anyone provide me with some codes to program excel into Visual Basic 2005. Some values in my excel file must be based on values from one of forms.

I have a spreadsheet that I populated from an access table (file). when I print the data in the spreadsheet, part of the data prints on one page and the other half prints on another page. In otherwords, I have to paste two pages together to see the complete record. …

Good morning everyone - I am using VB6. I need your assistance. I used the "CopyFromRecordset" function to populate my spreadsheet. Some of the fields in the access file has date values and some has number values (integers), but after importing into the spreadsheet, the numbers convert to date values(1/1/1900) …

On my Windows 2000 Outlook Express is not starting for any reason. Now I want to remove it from the system and install the latest version. How it is possible? It is not shown in Add/Remove Programs.

Hi all - wondered if you could help. On my home laptop I have Office 2007 and when I'm working in Outlook it's really handy as there is a little 'to do' pane next to my mail messages which contains all follow-ups, tasks and calendars etc so that I can …

Hello everyone, I am using VB6 to generate a report in Excel but I am having a printing problem. I generated a spreadsheet using an access file. The data in the spreadsheet stretches all the way from Column A through S. When I print, columns A through M prints on …

I know theres a menu button for it somewhere but i cant seem to remember how to do it. This is for my movie information Database (I dont know if any of you remember when I was asking about storing the data in a txt file. Well now I am …

I want to know how i can detect whether an office file (word, excel, etc) are password protected without having to open the file itself. The interop in vb .net has a function called HasPassword but you have you open the document first. Please help!

Hi all, that is my first post here, so be gentle! I am using microsoft outlook 2003, and recently it keeps buging me for my user name and password- I provide it, tick the box remember, but after few seconds it does pop up again- User name and password are …

dear all i am new to this forum ,i was writing a vb code and i need to display a saved word or exell file on a comand clike, but it replies me file not found. but my code can open a notepad.if any one can tell me the right …

I have Outlook 2003 which has been working just fine the entire time since I got it in June. I had it already in taskbar and loaded on my pc fine. Went to bed, came back to reply to an email and suddenly when I hit "reply" it hangs the …

Hi Everyone. How can i use photo field in DataReport.

Hello all, I am having a problem finding a KB patch for Outlook 2003. The file I am looking for is: Office2003-kb834716-enu.exe . --Or, I'm looking for a solution to my problem that doesn't involve that file-- Problem: Outlook 2003 is started for the first time, witch to the calendar, …

I recently pushed out an outlook 2003 update from my WSUS server to about 100 clients. Out of those clients only 1 has show an issue. All of their Junk mail is being sent to their inbox and all the mail from their inbox is goign to their Junk Mail …

Hai, I am doing one java struts application. In my Application, i need to generate the report . In the Report display page, i have two buttons named PDF and EXCEL. If i have click the PDF button, all the Report values are generate as PDF file. If i have …

Hi, I just installed office 2003 and every time I open it the the windows installer comes up. And after about 30 seconds or so the program opens. Its not a big problem but its annoying to wait for it every time I need to use word. I'm not to …

Could someone tell me how to add a contact to a group?

There is a problem when I open a new file in Word, the font is probably set to Times Roman size 12. I don’t want it to be like this; I want something glamorous with different font type and different font size. I am unable to find out the appropriate …

Hello, I want to know is it possible to access and modify content of a Excel worksheet dynamically inserted as OLE object in a form. I wish to check and update values of various cells by cell number of the worksheet, but not being sure if possible. thanks in advance

I advice you to desist from this almost imposible task. And I am of the openion that you are not even aware of a fraction of the tremendous potentiality it offers for simple office management to very powerfull computing- options integrating small office to corporate bodies spread over miles apart. …

The system: Alienware Area-51 M5790 Laptop - Vista Ultimate Intel Core Duo T7400 @ 2.16GHz 2046 MB RAM Office 2007 Professional The scenario: On boot up the system is using about 45% of the RAM. Open Excel, open a spreadsheet (72 KB file size) that was created in Excel 2007 …

I have absolutely no VB experience. Just yesterday I taught myself some basics enough to code a series of prompt boxes following a model in an Excel textbook. I'm at work and I need some help. I built a work book that takes inputs, calculates and then produces an output. …

I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to import holiday calendar's into a Public Calendar on MS Exchange that would be recurring. I have imported the holiday's from Outlook's builtin functions, but it only goes until 2007. I was then going to manually make those holiday's recurring, but …

I am DESPERATE for some help. I create Excel spreadsheets on a Mac. They look great on the screen, but when I print them out, the left margin of every cell is out of alignment so that part of the text is not showing up in the cell. The text …

I first touched VBscript 4 days ago and so far so good except for one issue I am having. I have written a scheduling form for Outlook that takes 4 names and then sends out about 20 meeting invites. The problem I am having is directing the program to schedule …

Hi, I am opening a existing xl file in vb.net(form itself). I have added Component "Microsoft Web Browser" and then using "Microsoft Web Browser" control. Now to open my excel file, I am writing this simple code on a button click [code] AxWebBrowser1.Navigate("C:\CHIMP\Chimp.xls") [/code] Excel is opening properly Now Problem: …

Hi All!! Plse HELP!! I need to avail various ranges on different sheets in an in Excel 2003 workbook for users to type in. However, I need the cells to be locked upon saving of workbook. How do I do it? Thanks Luma

HI, I have installed Microsoft office 2003 on windows XP professional 64 bit OS. Also have install SP2 for XP and office 2003 as well. I can open word, Excel and power point. however when get error while configuring email client. The moment I click on check name while configuring …

i have a problem with excel, i work in an organisation where our main data is stored in excel files. the problem is excel does not allow access to the file by multiple users. only the first person will be able to make and save changes, any other person who …

Hi guys, I need to put the results of a query to an acces database onto a word document. now the query is driven by user choices so it might return one record or it might return over 300 records or then again, nothing at all. but if there is …

Hi all, first post. I am working with excel files which get their data from htm files on the same folder location. Every time I open the xls file I get a prompt "Some of the files in this web page arent in the expected location. Do you want to …

I'm trying to create an overwrite save command within MS Excel 2003. I'm saving the active work book as a new file: ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs FileName:="c:\Test\testfile.csv" I need to run this macro on a regular basis and sometimes the file will be already held in the location above and sometimes it won't …