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General discussion

ActiveX warning

Oct 10, 2004 1:22AM PDT

I get an ActiveX warning when I open my old excel 97 files in excel 2003, it makes no difference if I answer yes or no, can I get rid of it ??

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(NT) (NT) What's the (exact and full) text of the message?
Oct 10, 2004 3:17AM PDT
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Re: (NT) What's the (exact and full) text of the message?
Oct 11, 2004 12:09AM PDT

(this application is about to initialise ActiveX controls that might be unsafe. if you trust the source of this document, select yes and the control will be initialised using your document settings.)

and yes, the doc is saved in excel 2003!!!

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That is by design (added security).
Oct 11, 2004 6:50AM PDT
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And what happens ...
Oct 10, 2004 3:20AM PDT

if you save such a file in Excel 2003 format? Does the same message appear if you open that new version?

Kees