XL97: Linked Files Updated Much More Slowly Than in Earlier Versions of Excel

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you click Yes to update the links on a workbook that you are opening, Microsoft Excel appears to stop responding (hang). After a long wait, the links are updated, and you gain control of the worksheet.

The same workbook may have been updated much more quickly in earlier versions of Excel.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

• Your workbook contains a large number of links to one or more Excel workbooks.
  
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• Many of the linked cells contain formulas that use the VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP functions.

WORKAROUND

To work around the problem, open the supporting file(s) before you open this workbook.

STATUS

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

Additional query words: XL97 lookup

Keywords : kbdta xlloadsave xlformula
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug