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From: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: EXCEL: Can't access <filename> ?????
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.133859.15670@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Date: 30 Apr 91 13:38:59 GMT
References: <1991Apr19.112411.10001@cc.newcastle.edu.au> <1991Apr24.151014.1373@cs.tcd.ie>
Reply-To: pejacoby@mmm.serc.3m.com (Paul E. Jacoby)
Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN  55144-1000 US
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In article <1991Apr24.151014.1373@cs.tcd.ie> jlooi@cs.tcd.ie (Jooli Ooi) writes:
>In <1991Apr19.112411.10001@cc.newcastle.edu.au> mesp@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Simon Plint) writes:
>>I get this error message;
>>   Can't access <filename> CONTINUE or cancel
>>when I try to open a particular excel worksheet. Could
>
>I had a similar problem - I got round it by running the Excel
>application first, and then from there do an 'open' on the relevant
>document.  (At some stage, the problem seemed to just go away...)


To add to 'odd behavior in Excel,' has anyone else seen Excel throw up
a dialog when you double-click a document in the Finder? This is what it
looks like:

	The file "Microsoft Excel" could not be opened or printed (-37)

The screwy thing about this is that I double-clicked a DOCUMENT, not the
program!  How does the finder get "Microsoft Excel" as the document name
when in fact I clicked on "Hygroscopic time Const"?  Note that the -37
means "Bad name" on my list of system error codes.  Also note that
double-clicking the document a second time (after dismissing the dialog)
will almost ALWAYS result in a proper launch of Excel and opening of the
document.

This has happened to me with Excel 2.2/2.2a on a IIx with System 6.0.7,
a IIfx with System 6.0.7, and a IIcx with System 6.0.5.  The desktop has
been rebuilt numerous times....
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