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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:35:48 -0700

Aaron:

What you're wanting to do is beyong my current
programming skill (I'm just above amateur). I just threw
out the idea. I'm sure there's a way to make it work,
but I don't know how. I can conceptualize it (as I did
below), but I can't program it.

If I were in your situation I believe I would get the
book and try to teach myself as much as possible. Then,
when you can "speak the language", you can begin to get
help with specific programming details from the message
board (the one I mentioned is your best bet). I doubt
anyone on there would write the program for you, but they
might.

I recommend you copy this thread to Word or notepad and
save it so that you can easily find it again when the
time comes.

With any luck, someone else will reply to your original
message with another idea. Again, good luck.

MARTY
  
>-----Original Message-----
>thanks marty. I dont think I can get a contractor and I
>know noone here know how to programm like that. I will
>most certianlly get that book!!!
>
>If your not busy and want a challange Im at :)
>adunne02@hotmail.com.... If you do send an email (ill be
>shocked) call it PCUA so I know its ok.
>
>aaron
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Tough one. If you are not skilled at programming
macros,
>>the best thing to do is to find someone (a colleague or
>>perhaps a contractor) who is, and have them to write it
>>for you. It really shouldn't be difficult; I'm
guessing
>>not more than a couple of hours for someone who knows
>>what they are doing.
>>
>>The message boards here are helpful (especially
>>Office/Excel/Programming), but they assume that you
have
>>some experience with VBA programming.
>>
>>If colleagues/contractors aren't an option, then if you
>>want it done badly enough you'll have to do it
yourself.
>>The book I started with is "VBA for Dummies" (3rd
edition
>>was written by Steve Cummings). There are others out
>>there, but I liked the way this one was written. (No
>>jokes about the appropriateness of the title!)
>>
>>Good luck!
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Marty:
>>>
>>>Im glad you said that, it dident cross my mind.
However
>>I
>>>am completely inept at programming marcos. Do you
have
>>a
>>>reference that could help explain this?
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Aaron:
>>>>
>>>>There might be a way to do this, but I doubt it.
>>Sounds
>>>>like this would be prohibited in order to avoid an
>>>>ID4 "infect the mother ship with a virus so that it
>>will
>>>>spread to all of the children" scenario. I don't
>>believe
>>>>I would do this (personally) even if it could be done.
>>>>
>>>>What CAN be done is to ensure that all of your global
>>>>users get a copy of the spreadsheet which contains a
>>>>macro. When users open their local copies, the macro
>>>>looks at the revision date of the shared version, and
>>>>then (if the shared version is "newer") automatically
>>(or
>>>>with a "do you wish to update?" message box) updates
>>the
>>>>copy on the global computers. In other words, the
user
>>>>initiates the update, not the other way around.
>>>>
>>>>Now, this could still theoretically spread a virus,
but
>>>>it wouldn't be done en masse and would be easier to
>>>>eradicate because not all copies would be infected
>>>>simultaneously.
>>>>
>>>>Just some food for thought.
>>>>
>>>>MARTY
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>Can an excel file be put on a public drive than
copied
>>>>>onto individual computers from that drive, where any
>>>>>changes to the file on the public drive will change
>>the
>>>>>individual files on the computers (globally)?
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>>.
>>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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