XL98: LastUpdated Argument of Htmlconvert Is Not Functional

ID: Q183660

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS

When you programmatically create a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document with the Htmlconvert function, the value that you specify for the LastUpdated argument may not appear on the resulting HTML document.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you do not include the DescriptionFullPage argument for the Htmlconvert function in your Visual Basic for Applications macro.

WORKAROUND

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To specify a value for the LastUpdated argument without including a value for the DecscriptionFullPage argument of the Htmlconvert function, specify a null string ("") as the value for the DescriptionFullPage argument of the Htmlconvert function. The following example specifies a value for the LastUpdated argument without including a value for the DecscriptionFullPage argument:

Close and save any open workbooks, and then create a new workbook.

Enter the following values on Sheet1:
A1: 2
A2: 4
A3: 6
A4:
A5: This
A6: is
A7: a
A8: Test

Select cells A1:A3, and then click Chart on the Insert menu. In the "Chart Wizard - Step 1 of 4 - Chart Type" dialog box, click Finish.

The result is a worksheet that contains two data ranges and one chart.

Start the Visual Basic Editor (press OPTION+F11).

To use the Htmlconvert method of the Internet Assistant Wizard add-in, create a reference to this add-in. To create the reference, follow these steps:
1. On the Tools menu, click References.
2. Click to select the HTML check box, and then click OK.
  
  Go to step 6.
  
  If you do not see the HTML, in the Available References list, click Browse.
3. Open the folder that contains the Internet Assistant Wizard file. By default, the Internet Assistant Wizard file is installed in the following folder:
```
          Microsoft Office 98:Office:Excel Add-ins 
```
4. Click Microsoft Excel Files in the Files Of Type list.
5. Click Internet Assistant Wizard in the list of files, and then click Open.
6. Click OK to dismiss the References dialog box.

Click Module on the Insert menu to insert a Visual Basic module.

Enter the following code into the module sheet:


      Sub CreateWebPage()

          Dim ObjToConvert(2) As Variant

          ' Populate the array of objects for HTMLConvert.
          Set ObjToConvert(0) = Sheets("sheet1").Range("a1:a3")
          Set ObjToConvert(1) = Sheets("sheet1").ChartObjects("Chart 1")
          Set ObjToConvert(2) = Sheets("sheet1").Range("a5:a8")

          ' Create the HTML document.
          Htmlconvert rangeandcharttoconvert:=ObjToConvert, _
              usefrontpageforexistingfile:=False, _
              addtofrontpageweb:=False, useexistingfile:=False, _
              codepage:=1252, htmlfilepath:="Test.htm", _
              descriptionfullpage:="", lastupdate:=Now

      End Sub

Run the CreateWebPage subroutine.

When you open the Test.htm page in an Internet browser, text that indicates when the page was last updated appears at the bottom of the page.

STATUS

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

MORE INFORMATION

Note that the Htmlconvert function is not supported by the Html.xla add-in included with the original version of Microsoft Office 97. You must install Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 or download the updated Html.xla add-in from the Microsoft Web site in order to be able to use the Htmlconvert function.

For additional information about SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q172475 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-1

Additional query words: XL98

Keywords : kbprg xlvbahowto xlvbainfo
Version : MACINTOSH:98
Platform : MACINTOSH
Issue type : kbbug