[Duo2400] Excel 5.0 won't work anymore!

[Roger Gouin]

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Someone else had this problem. I think it's looking for "vba en olb" 
which I believe should be in the Type Libraries folder in the 
extension folder.

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At 8:54 AM -0800 2/15/04, Art Rice wrote:
>Hi Folks!
>I need help correcting a software problem. My Duo
>2300c has Excel 5.0 and it was working fine. But I
>goofed it up by trying to execute an Excel file copied
>from an Compaq PC.  First, the original spreadsheet
>was in Excel 97 format (or newer) on the PC. On the PC
>I opened the file and re-saved it as an Excel 5.0
>file.(Excel 5.0 is an older version than Excel 97) I
>checked and it opens fine on a different PC that has
>Excel 5.0c on it. I then took the PC floppy disk with
>the Excel 5.0 spreadsheet on it, and copied the file
>to my Duo 2300c hard disk. When I tried to open the
>file, I got an error message: The application
>"Microsoft Excel" could not be opened because
>"MicrosoftVisualBasicAppsLib" could not be found. Now
>I get that error message whenever I try to open Excel
>5.0 on the Duo. Excel 5.0 files that used to open fine
>don't work anymore. I searched the hard disk for the
>missing file, but could not find it. I rebooted the
>Duo, and later I rebuilt the desktop with no
>improvement.
>I have borrowed another Mac that has Excel 5.0 on it,
>thinking that perhaps I can connect the Duo 2300c to
>it through the serial port, and copy whatever is
>needed to correct the problem onto the 2300c. I have
>never used Appletalk, and I'm hesitant to do that
>until I get some expert advice from you folks here on
>the wonderful DuoList!
>Can anyone offer any suggestions on how to correct
>this problem?
>
>Art in Silicon Valley