Lotus Macros That Do Not Directly Translate into Excel

ID: Q77751

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 2.10c, 2.10d, 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0, 7.0
Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

The following is a list of Lotus 1-2-3 macro commands that do not have direct equivalents in Microsoft Excel. These commands either cannot be translated to Microsoft Excel commands when you use the Macro Translation Assistant or they will require extensive editing in Lotus before you are able to translate them properly.

Things to Look for When You Edit Macros in Lotus

WYSIWYG commands:

Microsoft Excel doesn't recognize the add-ins that provide WYSIWYG capability (such as Allways and Impress). These commands are preceded by a colon (:) character in the macro.

Macros that reference another sheet in a workbook:

Later versions of Lotus 1-2-3 use multiple sheets, but Release 2.01 is a single-sheet program. Because the Microsoft Excel Macro Interpreter only recognizes macros compatible with Release 2.01 of Lotus 1-2-3, macros that reference another sheet will fail. To identify commands that reference another sheet, look for a sheet name followed by a colon (for example "A:a1").

Names longer than a single letter:

Lotus 1-2-3 macros in Release 2.01 must be named "\<letter>" where <letter> is a single letter. Later versions of Lotus 1-2-3 allow macros with longer names, but they cannot be run in Microsoft Excel.

Macros that do not work through the Macro Interpreter will not work any better if they are translated using the Macro Translation Assistant.

MORE INFORMATION


/DataRegressionInterceptCompute
/DataRegressionInterceptZero
/FileCombine
/FileLink
/FileXtract
/GraphNameDelete
/GraphNameReset
/GraphOptionsFormat
/GraphOptionsFormatA(-G)
/GraphOptionsGrid
/GraphOptionsScale
/GraphOptionsScaleSkip
/GraphOptionsScaleXscale
/GraphOptionsScaleXscaleFormat
/GraphOptionsScaleYscaleFormat
/GraphOptionsTitlesFirst
/GraphOptionsTitlesSecond
/GraphOptionsTitlesX-axis
/GraphOptionsTitlesY-axis
/PrintFileAlign
/PrintFileLine
/PrintFileOptionsOtherFormatted
/PrintFileOptionsOtherUnformatted
/PrintFileOptionsOtherPg-length
/PrintFileOptionsOtherSetup
/PrintFilePage
/PrintPrinterAlign
/PrintPrinterLine
/PrintPrinterOptionsOtherFormatted
/PrintPrinterOptionsOtherUnformatted
/PrintPrinterOptionsPg-length
/PrintPrinterOptionsSetup
/PrintPrinterPage
/RangeFormat+/-
/RangeFormatDate4(long intn'l)
/RangeFormatDate5(short intn'l)
/RangeFormatDateTime3(long intn'l)
/RangeFormatDateTime4(short intn'l)
/RangeFormatText
/RangeInput
/RangeNameReset
/System
/WorksheetColumnDisplay
/WorksheetGlobalColumnwidth
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultOtherClock
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultOtherHelp
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultOtherInternationalCurrency
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultOtherInternationalDate
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultOtherInternationalPunctuation
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultOtherInternationalTime
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultPrinterAuto-lf
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultPrinterInterface
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultPrinterName
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultPrinterPg-length
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultPrinterSetup
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultPrinterWait
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultStatus
/WorksheetGlobalDefaultUpdate
/WorksheetGlobalFormat
/WorksheetGlobalFormat+/-
/WorksheetGlobalFormatDate4(long intn'l)
/WorksheetGlobalFormatDate5(short intn'l)
/WorksheetGlobalFormatDateTime3(long intn'l)
/WorksheetGlobalFormatDateTime4(short intn'l)
/WorksheetGlobalLabel-prefix
/WorksheetGlobalRecalculationColumnwise
/WorksheetGlobalRecalculationRowwise
/WorksheetStatus
/WorksheetWindowUnsync
/XM-activates the macro menu, ie. {MENUBRANCH}
{?}, {BIGLEFT}, {BIGRIGHT}, {DISPATCH}, {LET}, {LOOK},{MENUBRANCH},
{MENUCALL}, {PGDN}, {PGUP}, {PUT}, {QUERY}, {RECALC}, {RECALCOL}.

REFERENCES

Microsoft Excel version 4.0 Help, Search, Lotus 1-2-3, Overview of Macro Translation Assistant

Microsoft Excel version 3.0 Help, Index, Switching from Lotus 1-2-3, Macro Translation Assistant, Lotus 1-2-3 Commands that Require Editing to Translate

Microsoft Excel version 2.1d Help, Index, Macro Translation Assistant, Problematic Lotus 1-2-3 Macros, Problematic Lotus 1-2-3 Commands

Additional query words: 2.10c 2.10d 3.0 4.0 123 7.00

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Version : WINDOWS:2.10c,2.10d,3.0,4.0,4.0a,5.0,7.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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