On 10/08/11 16:41, Simon Cropper wrote:
*The upshot*
Unless someone recognised these symptoms and can put forward some ideas,
I am treating this as a corrupt file. I have drawn this conclusion
because (a) I can only reproduce the error on the effected file, (b) the
comment insert/delete trick is suggestive but not consistent (or at
least from what I can tell) - random sheets cause the file save error if
comments are inserted; inserting comments into new sheets also trigger
the error.
I just hope that recreating this file does not corrupt the new file as I
will need to copy blocks of text, numbers and formulas.
*My attempts at recreating a clean file*
ATTEMPT 1
Created a new file with one less tab. All tabs were named the same as
the original. I then cut-and-paste all the data from the original to
this newly created file. This took about 10 minutes.
The problem is that all tab / sheet references after the omitted sheet
moved across one. Despite the formula referencing the sheet name, the
name is actually just a human readable cue for the underlying sheet
number. So sheet Accounts (sheet #17 on the original file), which
pointed to 'accounts lookup list' now points to the Tax sheet, which was
#18 but is now #17 in the new file.
ATTEMPT 2
Created a new file with exactly the same number of tabs. All tabs were
named the same as the original. I then cut-and-paste all the data from
the original to this newly created file. This took about 10 minutes.
Then with baited breath I deleted the unrequired sheet that triggered
this journey in the first place and clicked save. *It worked* - that is,
it saved without triggering a write error.
I have checked - (a) all data is intact, and (b) all the formulas are
working. :)
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Cheers Simon
Simon Cropper
Principal Consultant
Botanicus Australia Pty Ltd
PO Box 160, Sunshine, VIC
W: www.botanicusaustralia.com.au
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