XL98: No Web Queries Listed When You Click Run Web Query (177156)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q177156

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition and attempt to run a Web query, the Web queries may not be listed.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the following conditions are true:
  • You point to Get External Data on the Data menu, and then click Run Web Query. -and-

  • The current folder is not the following folder:

    Macintosh HD:Microsoft Office 98:Office:Queries

NOTE: To determine which folder is the current folder, click Open on the File menu and look at the name that is displayed in the Select A Document list.

WORKAROUND

To look in the correct folder when you want to use a Web query, follow these steps:
  1. Point to Get External Data on the Data menu, and then click Run Web Query.
  2. Click Desktop.
  3. Select the following folder:

    Macintosh HD:Microsoft Office 98:Office:Queries

    NOTE: This step assumes the name of your hard disk is "Macintosh HD" and that you installed Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition in the default folder, which is the Microsoft Office 98 folder.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

There are seven sample Web queries that are installed when you install Office. These queries are listed as follows: 
   Get More Web Queries
   Microsoft Investor Currencies
   Microsoft Investor Dow 30
   Microsoft Investor Indices
   Microsoft Investor Mutual Fund
   Microsoft Investor Options
   Microsoft Investor Stock Quote

REFERENCES

For more information about Web queries, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

web, queries

and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Get data from a Web source" topic.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/11/2002
Keywords:kbbug kbweb KB177156
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