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  Performing Web Queries in Excel 2003
Subject:   Mac support
Date:   2004-08-11 11:59:44
From:   precipice
Unless I'm missing it, Web queries aren't supported in Mac Excel 2004 (in case anyone is wondering...)
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  • Mac support
    2004-08-12 05:03:12  Jeff Webb | O'Reilly Author [View]

    I focused specifically on Excel 2003 for this book. I did find this comment in one Microsoft newsgroup:

    "There's almost no difference in XLv.X and XL 97/00/02 as far as XL
    itself is concerned - all functions are cross-platform."

    So I'd assume that Web Queries are probably supported, but I don't have a Mac to test them and I couldn't find a comprehensive feature Win/Mac comparison online anywhere.

    At one point, Microsoft used the same source code to generate Win/Mac versions of Excel. I don't know if that's still the case (I kinda doubt it, there were performance complaints).

    -- Jeff
    • Mac support
      2005-09-10 06:13:23  blunt [View]

      I am having trouble running a query table macro in mac that I created for a file in excel in windows. In one machine it gives me a problem with the Refresh method. I think the error number is '1004'. In that machine I have run it under mac os 9 and excel 2001, and mac OS X and excel 2003. In both cases I get the same error.

      Then I tried in a different machine under MAC OS 9 and Excel 2001 and it ran well.

      What I'm thinking is that something in the machine configuration is stopping excel from accessing the web query (in my case a web service) but I cannot think exactly what.

      Can you help???? Thanks.
    • Mac support
      2004-11-25 15:51:53  Talkback [View]

      Queries are supported, but not automated. You have to write the query scripts yourself in a text editor.