Re: M$ Excel

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> 
> A (possibly) easier fix (for MS to implement):
> 
>   * On first save, embed a UUID in the header of the .xls file. 
> 
>   * Provide the option -- preferably in some user- / scripter- friendly 
>     way that doesn't necessarily expose the UUID or force typing it out 
>     when needed -- to attach macros to UUIDs rather than file names.
> 
> This should solve the current problem, and if VBA macros are attached to 
> file names and (presumably) break if the file is renamed, then it would 
> solve that problem too. 

I am not that much surprised at this brilliance of design after having
learned at an impressionable age that *OF COURSE* Excel sheets saved
with localized versions won't work with English Excel since the
functions KESKIARVO(), MEDELTAL(), MOYENNE(), MITTELWERT(), MEDIA(),
etc. are something completely different from AVERAGE() .

> 
> 

• Chris Devers 13:20 on 11 Sep 2006
  • Philip Newton 14:03 on 11 Sep 2006
    • H.Merijn Brand 14:16 on 11 Sep 2006
    • Peter da Silva 14:39 on 11 Sep 2006
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  • Re: M$ Excel Jarkko Hietaniemi 05:01 on 12 Sep 2006
• Phil Pennock 15:19 on 11 Sep 2006
  • A. Pagaltzis 04:37 on 12 Sep 2006
    • Daniel Pittman 10:36 on 12 Sep 2006
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