Cell References Below Row 256 Are Not Properly Converted

• Microsoft Windows CE versions 2.0, 3.0 Professional Edition for the Handheld PC
• Microsoft Windows CE Services version 2.2
• Microsoft Pocket Excel, version 2.0

SYMPTOMS

You may experience any one of the following symptoms:

• When you convert a file from Pocket Excel to Microsoft Excel 95 or Microsoft Excel 97, you receive one of the following error messages:
  
  

  • File format is not valid.

  
  
  

  • Error opening file.

  
  
  



• When you convert a Pocket Excel 2.0 file into an Excel 97 file, cell references in formulas change if your formula fills more than 256 rows.



• When you convert a file containing various number formats from Excel 97 to Pocket Excel 2.0 and back again without saving the file on the device, you receive the following error message:
  
  

  Excel caused an invaled page fault in module Excel.exe at 015f:30120a02

RESOLUTION

A supported fix that corrects this problem is now available from Microsoft, but it has not been fully regression tested and should be applied only to systems experiencing this specific problem. If you are not severely affected by this specific problem, Microsoft recommends that you wait for the next update that contains this fix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the fix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and information on support costs, please go to the following address on the World Wide Web:

http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/overview/overview.asp

   Date        Size          File name  
   ----------------------------------------
   2/11/99     59,861 bytes  Pxl2xls.dll
   2/11/99     37,206 bytes  Office.dll 

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: mobile device

Keywords : kberrmsg wince
Version : WINDOWS:2.0,2.2,3.0 Professional Edition
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb