Re: Application.OperatingSystem on Unix?
From: Steve Rindsberg (abuse_at_localhost.com)
Date: 10/04/04
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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:57:31 EDT
> In this case there is an Excel add-in that has been loaded in Excel. This
> add-in is in a folder on the local drive.
> When Excel starts this add-in will open (but not load or install, so it
> won't show under Tools, Add-ins) another add-in that is in a folder on the
> Unix server.
> This file gets opened fine, but it needs to know the path separator on the
> Unix server.
> Hope this makes it a bit more clear.
Somewhat.
Won't the software that handles the file sharing translate the usual Unix
forward slash into a Dos/Windows backslash (assuming you're under Windows and
not Mac)?
Not much else would work if it doesn't.
>
> RBS
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> "Steve Rindsberg" <abuse@localhost.com> wrote in message
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> > In article <ucBshChqEHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>, RB Smissaert wrote:
> >> What will the result be if I do
> >> Application.OperatingSystem
> >> and the operating system is Unix?
> >
> > Office doesn't run under Unix.
> >
> > It might run under a Windows emulator running under Unix; in that case the
> > result you get will probably depend on what the emulator reports as its
> > version.
> >
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