Environment
Novell GroupWise 8 Support Pack 1 Hot Patch 1
Situation
Microsoft Office Excel is waiting for anotherapplication to complete an OLE action
Resolution
Reported to Engineering
Additional Information
Steps to Duplicate :--
1. Open an excel spreadsheet Save any changes Send.
2. Email Login to groupwise Compose your message. Try to switch focus back to the
spreadsheet by doing a mouse click somewhere in open spreadsheet machine will
lock up and you will eventually get an error "Microsoft Office Excel is waiting
for another application to complete an OLE action.
3. If you email an excel spreadsheet from excel, then refer back to the
spreadsheet from the email window (for example to check a figure). It gives
this same error with any MS Office program. You cannot switch focus between
your open GroupWise message and your document/spreadsheet without an error.
1. Open an excel spreadsheet Save any changes Send.
2. Email Login to groupwise Compose your message. Try to switch focus back to the
spreadsheet by doing a mouse click somewhere in open spreadsheet machine will
lock up and you will eventually get an error "Microsoft Office Excel is waiting
for another application to complete an OLE action.
3. If you email an excel spreadsheet from excel, then refer back to the
spreadsheet from the email window (for example to check a figure). It gives
this same error with any MS Office program. You cannot switch focus between
your open GroupWise message and your document/spreadsheet without an error.