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Answer 1

Hi Lawrence,

Thanks for inititiating this forum. I have a question that you may be able to answer for me.

I am having problems with the RTD functionality in Excel 2007. Basically, the cell values are not updating and are always #N/A. I have checked the forums and I am aware that RTD is not supported in Excel Services, but it should be fine in Excel 2007.

I have written a simplified RTD server to test this under the debugger. It works fine under Excel 2003 on the same PC, but no luck with Excel 2007. The entry points are not even being called. I have played with the security settings to the point of making everything available ( lowest security ) and still no luck. The calculation is set to automatic and the RTD throttle interval is set to 1000 ms.

I have the whole Office Professional 2007 installed, which I does not include the share point server. I hope this has nothing to do with it!

Could you shed some light on this? Any help will be appreciated. At the moment I am unable to migrate fully to Office 2007.

Regards,

Jose

Answer 2

Jose, this is the Excel Services forum, not Excel 2007. :-)