Comments on: The Mystery of the Disappearing Range Name http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/ Daily posts of Excel tips…and other stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alan http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/#comment-40178 Alan Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:34:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2688#comment-40178 <p>Hi Jan,</p> <p>Good advice - thanx!</p> <p>I'll install it on my machine only (I image at least once a week so no big deal to roll back if reqiured), and see how it goes.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Alan.</p> Hi Jan,

Good advice – thanx!

I’ll install it on my machine only (I image at least once a week so no big deal to roll back if reqiured), and see how it goes.

Thanks,

Alan.

]]> By: Jan Karel Pieterse http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/#comment-40177 Jan Karel Pieterse Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:52:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2688#comment-40177 <p>Alan: I expect this hotfix will be included in an upcoming update, but it is impossible for me to tell when that might be. The hotfix installation checks if you need it, so I expect no trouble.<br> If in doubt, I'd set up a test user to try the hotfix first and have that user use Excel for a while to see if everything keeps working as expected.</p> Alan: I expect this hotfix will be included in an upcoming update, but it is impossible for me to tell when that might be. The hotfix installation checks if you need it, so I expect no trouble.
If in doubt, I’d set up a test user to try the hotfix first and have that user use Excel for a while to see if everything keeps working as expected.

]]> By: Doug Jenkins http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/#comment-40174 Doug Jenkins Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:24:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2688#comment-40174 <p>As well as the range name problem the hotfix also claims to fix performance problems when you write to a spreadsheet range from VBA. I hadn't had the range name problem, but I'd certainly noticed the slow writing problem, so I was hoping for a significant improvement.</p> <p>Here's the results for writing about 6000 values to cells, one at a time:<br> Excel 2000: 3.2 sec<br> Excel 2007: 23.4 sec</p> <p>Unfortunately I didn't do a benchmark before installing the hotfix, so it's possible that 2007 was even worse before, but it seems they still have a long way to go before getting back to 2000 performance levels.</p> <p>Using .Worksheetfunction calls are also still much slower than in previous versions, although to be fair they didn't claim to have fixed that.</p> <p>Does anyone else have any evidence of this hotfix working as claimed (or not) for improving VBA to worksheet performance?</p> As well as the range name problem the hotfix also claims to fix performance problems when you write to a spreadsheet range from VBA. I hadn’t had the range name problem, but I’d certainly noticed the slow writing problem, so I was hoping for a significant improvement.

Here’s the results for writing about 6000 values to cells, one at a time:
Excel 2000: 3.2 sec
Excel 2007: 23.4 sec

Unfortunately I didn’t do a benchmark before installing the hotfix, so it’s possible that 2007 was even worse before, but it seems they still have a long way to go before getting back to 2000 performance levels.

Using .Worksheetfunction calls are also still much slower than in previous versions, although to be fair they didn’t claim to have fixed that.

Does anyone else have any evidence of this hotfix working as claimed (or not) for improving VBA to worksheet performance?

]]> By: Alan http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/#comment-40173 Alan Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2688#comment-40173 <p>Hi,</p> <p>Sorry to be asking two questions on the same topic, but is there any harm in installing this hotifx across all our installations (which are all on Office 2007 SP2)?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Alan.</p> Hi,

Sorry to be asking two questions on the same topic, but is there any harm in installing this hotifx across all our installations (which are all on Office 2007 SP2)?

Thanks,

Alan.

]]> By: Charlie Hall http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/#comment-40172 Charlie Hall Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:13:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2688#comment-40172 <p>The issue with range names disappearing has affected one of my clients, so I checked using the Update service to see if I needed the hotfix - it reported that I was up to date. However, based on input from my client, I downloaded the hotfix and installed it anyway - there is a check at the beginning to see if the hotfix should be applied. Lo and behold, it installed the hotfix. </p> <p>Not sure what the issue is there - was it already installed and the installation just reinstalled it, or was it not installed when it said my computer was up-to-date - hard to tell, but I really need this hotfix so I am happy I downloaded and installed it.</p> The issue with range names disappearing has affected one of my clients, so I checked using the Update service to see if I needed the hotfix – it reported that I was up to date. However, based on input from my client, I downloaded the hotfix and installed it anyway – there is a check at the beginning to see if the hotfix should be applied. Lo and behold, it installed the hotfix.

Not sure what the issue is there – was it already installed and the installation just reinstalled it, or was it not installed when it said my computer was up-to-date – hard to tell, but I really need this hotfix so I am happy I downloaded and installed it.

]]> By: Alan http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/#comment-40171 Alan Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:44:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2688#comment-40171 <p>Thanks Jan - much appreciated.</p> Thanks Jan – much appreciated.

]]> By: Jan Karel Pieterse http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/#comment-40166 Jan Karel Pieterse Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:32:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2688#comment-40166 <p>So I guess that means anyone should patch Excel who is pestered by this issue (and one of the others mentioned in the article).</p> So I guess that means anyone should patch Excel who is pestered by this issue (and one of the others mentioned in the article).

]]> By: Jan Karel Pieterse http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/#comment-40165 Jan Karel Pieterse Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2688#comment-40165 <p>No, the hotfix is dated later than SP2. I just wanted to say the hotfix requires SP1 minimum.</p> No, the hotfix is dated later than SP2. I just wanted to say the hotfix requires SP1 minimum.

]]> By: Alan http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/#comment-40160 Alan Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:45:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2688#comment-40160 <p>Hi Jan,</p> <p>Are you saying that it is a mistake to install this hotfix if you already have Office 2007 SP2 installed?</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Alan.</p> Hi Jan,

Are you saying that it is a mistake to install this hotfix if you already have Office 2007 SP2 installed?

Thanks,

Alan.

]]> By: Brendan http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/07/05/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-range-name/#comment-40151 Brendan Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:45:00 +0000 http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/?p=2688#comment-40151 <p>This also has been a major problem for me. I have had to build code that resets my name ranges each time the spreadsheet loads.</p> This also has been a major problem for me. I have had to build code that resets my name ranges each time the spreadsheet loads.

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