Error message OTD
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From Excel:
A document with the name 'foobar.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.
:wtf:
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Quit trying to multitask so much and you won't get that error ;)
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Michael Dunn wrote:
You cannot open two documents with the same name, even if the documents are in different folders.
Ummm... Is there any other way you can have 2 documents with the EXACT same name?? Regardless, that is def a dubya tee eff.
Excel is sort of a hybrid MDI app so it doesn't open more than one instance of itself by default even if it looks like it did. That's why hitting the X in the corner will close all documents, not just that one. Plus, you can't have two spreadsheets up in front of you at the same time, which drives me bonkers. You can get around that and the 2 documents with the exact same name silliness by going the long way through the start menu to open another empty Excel instance (it will complain that PERSONAL.XLS or some such is locked, just ignore it won't cause any problems).
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Michael Dunn wrote:
You cannot open two documents with the same name, even if the documents are in different folders.
Ummm... Is there any other way you can have 2 documents with the EXACT same name?? Regardless, that is def a dubya tee eff.
Well its technically allowed to open the same document twice or more(in a non-excel program, that is)...
:badger:
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From Excel:
A document with the name 'foobar.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.
:wtf:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Hungarian notation FTW
Maybe stop naming all your documents "foobar" Mark
Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:
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From Excel:
A document with the name 'foobar.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.
:wtf:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Hungarian notation FTW
If ever there was more solid evidence of how screwed up a software project was, I've never seen it. Excel, while useful, is completely b0rked in many ways. Have they fixed this issue in the latest version, at least? It's completely unforgivable.
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From Excel:
A document with the name 'foobar.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.
:wtf:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Hungarian notation FTW
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From Excel:
A document with the name 'foobar.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.
:wtf:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Hungarian notation FTW
Yep... First time I got this error message I wanted to throw my computer out of the window.
Cédric Moonen Software developer
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From Excel:
A document with the name 'foobar.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.
:wtf:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Hungarian notation FTW
Ah, that reminds me... I just got my copy of About Face 3... Crazy ol' "don't bug the user about things they don't care about" Cooper... :rolleyes:
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From Excel:
A document with the name 'foobar.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.
:wtf:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Hungarian notation FTW
This is in the current version of Excel? I could have sort of understood that back in Win3.1, but since then? WTF??!?!
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Maybe stop naming all your documents "foobar" Mark
Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:
Smart Wise answer:)
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Maybe stop naming all your documents "foobar" Mark
Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:
That's not the real filename ;P I substituted a fake name because the real name is work-related and I didn't want to reveal it.
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This is in the current version of Excel? I could have sort of understood that back in Win3.1, but since then? WTF??!?!
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It's 2003.
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That's not the real filename ;P I substituted a fake name because the real name is work-related and I didn't want to reveal it.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Hungarian notation FTW
AlysonHannigan.xls ?;) :rolleyes: Steve
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That's not the real filename ;P I substituted a fake name because the real name is work-related and I didn't want to reveal it.
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raboof ?
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It's 2003.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Hungarian notation FTW
Excel 2007 has the same problem. But I just ignore and continue to gaze with fascination at how good the ribbon looks.
/#> end-sarcasm"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
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Excel is sort of a hybrid MDI app so it doesn't open more than one instance of itself by default even if it looks like it did. That's why hitting the X in the corner will close all documents, not just that one. Plus, you can't have two spreadsheets up in front of you at the same time, which drives me bonkers. You can get around that and the 2 documents with the exact same name silliness by going the long way through the start menu to open another empty Excel instance (it will complain that PERSONAL.XLS or some such is locked, just ignore it won't cause any problems).
I hate that the 'x' closes ALL open windows by closing the whole application. If I have two windows, each with an 'x' in the corner, and I click the 'x' I expect it to just close that window. Like ALL OTHER PROGRAMS AND WINDOWS. My god, I can't imagine trying to explain that to the students at the university where I used to do general support. Closing documents is frightening enough to some people without variable behaviour. And then - if they had modified the document they WEREN'T trying to close, it would pop up a "Do you want to save?" dialog, and the student would think "what, I didn't make changes to this document what is it talking about" (or may actually want to discard changes in the current doc) and click "no" and then it will not save changes in the second window (which they didn't even realise they were closing) and the changes will be lost - ... I think I'm going to have nightmares about trying to explain that to computer illiterates now. :omg:
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Excel 2007 has the same problem. But I just ignore and continue to gaze with fascination at how good the ribbon looks.
/#> end-sarcasm"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
CP article: SmartPager - a Flickr-style pager control with go-to-page popup layer.
I hate the ribbon as well as the other Excel "features" discussed in this thread. Why is everything in such a random place now? Why do the menus keep changing? Where did that thing I used last time go? I don't know, I think I am getting old (24). I can't deal with the constantly changing technology anymore. I remember the good old days when Windows '95 came out - that thing was fantastic. (so now it makes me want to throw up. At the time I was amazed.)
"Your typical day is full of moments where you ask for a cup of coffee and someone hands you a bag of nails." - Scott Adams
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From Excel:
A document with the name 'foobar.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.
:wtf:
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Hungarian notation FTW
I know. Excel has had this issue forever. WTF were the developers thinking when they did that. It was only in this Office app and not the others. Truly :wtf:.
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That's not the real filename ;P I substituted a fake name because the real name is work-related and I didn't want to reveal it.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Hungarian notation FTW