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On 9/11/06, Nicholas Clark <nick@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> A document with the name 'TS_200609_NWC.xls' is already open
>
> You cannot open two documents with the same name,
> even if the documents are in different folders.
> To open the second document, either close the document
> that's currently open, or rename one of the documents.
>
>
>
> People *pay* money for this? Positive sums of money?
Insane isn't it? I hate it too.
I blame the VB scripting model and marketing. They could have had it said
Warning, another different file of this name is already open.
Internally Excel will use 'BLORG' as the name. This may break some
user defined macros. If this is a problem close the other file before
opening this one. Should I proceed?
OK - CANCEL
99% of the time when you load a file with a duplicate name its not
going to be a problem, so why block it entirely? The only reason i can
think of is somebody in marketing (or whatever department the MS
(un)usability police work in) said "thats too complicated, just block
it entirely".
Probably the same clowns who got the paperclip idiocy added. Fuckers.
Yves
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