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Activesync Excel conversion does not work Seth 07-03-2006
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Posted by Seth on July 3, 2006, 9:05 am
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 I have a HP IPAQ hx2490b running PocketPC 5.0 and Activesync 4.1 on a Windows
XP box with Office 2003. I cannot get Activesync to convert the desktop
excel files to the compact versions to be read by pocket excel. Everything
is checked in the options that should be. But it leaves them in the .xls
format. I looked in the conversion settings in activesync, and there is no
way to change the setting for the excel workbook files under desktop to
device tab. It appears to just convert a .pxl to a .pxl. Anyone have this
similar problem? Is there a reg hack to force it to convert the file?

Posted by Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileD on July 3, 2006, 2:44 pm
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 pocketexcel has always been able to open most desktop excel files, so, I
am guessing that there is something in the process that is missing...
for example, I have never had problems opening excel files on the ppc,
only opening pxl files on desktops.

can you post a _small_ (under 100k) excel file in the binaries section
which will not open on the ppc?

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

Posted by Chris De Herrera on July 3, 2006, 11:28 pm
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Hi,
First with ActiveSync 4.x, Microsoft removed the option to convert Excel
files in to Pocket Excel format.

So you need to sync the files as .xls and then you should be able to open
them directly on your Pocket PC. Please keep in mind that files with
passwords will not be synchronized and cannot be opened on the device.


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>I have a HP IPAQ hx2490b running PocketPC 5.0 and Activesync 4.1 on a
>Windows
> XP box with Office 2003. I cannot get Activesync to convert the desktop
> excel files to the compact versions to be read by pocket excel.
> Everything
> is checked in the options that should be. But it leaves them in the .xls
> format. I looked in the conversion settings in activesync, and there is
> no
> way to change the setting for the excel workbook files under desktop to
> device tab. It appears to just convert a .pxl to a .pxl. Anyone have
> this
> similar problem? Is there a reg hack to force it to convert the file?



Posted by Seth on July 5, 2006, 10:20 am
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I figured out what is causing my problem. I routinely export queries from
access 2003 to an excel format on my PDA. This worked on my older Dell AXIM
X50 that used Activesync 3.8. But now it seems Pocket Excel does not
recognize an exported XLS file created from Access. When I try to open the
exported XLS file on the PDA I get "An error occured reading <filename>
because the file is in an invalid format". However, if i create a excel file
from scratch it works fine. This is kinda annoying. I hope MS fixes this....

"Chris De Herrera" wrote:

> Hi,
> First with ActiveSync 4.x, Microsoft removed the option to convert Excel
> files in to Pocket Excel format.
>
> So you need to sync the files as .xls and then you should be able to open
> them directly on your Pocket PC. Please keep in mind that files with
> passwords will not be synchronized and cannot be opened on the device.
>
>
> --
> Chris De Herrera
> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com
> http://www.tabletpctalk.com
> http://www.pocketpctalk.com
> http://www.mobilitytalk.com
>
> ActiveSync 4.x Troubleshooting Guide -
> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/activesync/tshoot-as4x.htm
>
> >I have a HP IPAQ hx2490b running PocketPC 5.0 and Activesync 4.1 on a
> >Windows
> > XP box with Office 2003. I cannot get Activesync to convert the desktop
> > excel files to the compact versions to be read by pocket excel.
> > Everything
> > is checked in the options that should be. But it leaves them in the .xls
> > format. I looked in the conversion settings in activesync, and there is
> > no
> > way to change the setting for the excel workbook files under desktop to
> > device tab. It appears to just convert a .pxl to a .pxl. Anyone have
> > this
> > similar problem? Is there a reg hack to force it to convert the file?
>
>
>

Posted by Chris De Herrera on July 9, 2006, 1:45 am
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Hi Seth,
Can you send me a sample file so I can see the problem?

Sincerely,

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ActiveSync 4.x Troubleshooting Guide -
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/activesync/tshoot-as4x.htm

>I figured out what is causing my problem. I routinely export queries from
> access 2003 to an excel format on my PDA. This worked on my older Dell
> AXIM
> X50 that used Activesync 3.8. But now it seems Pocket Excel does not
> recognize an exported XLS file created from Access. When I try to open
> the
> exported XLS file on the PDA I get "An error occured reading <filename>
> because the file is in an invalid format". However, if i create a excel
> file
> from scratch it works fine. This is kinda annoying. I hope MS fixes
> this....
>
> "Chris De Herrera" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> First with ActiveSync 4.x, Microsoft removed the option to convert Excel
>> files in to Pocket Excel format.
>>
>> So you need to sync the files as .xls and then you should be able to open
>> them directly on your Pocket PC. Please keep in mind that files with
>> passwords will not be synchronized and cannot be opened on the device.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris De Herrera
>> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com
>> http://www.tabletpctalk.com
>> http://www.pocketpctalk.com
>> http://www.mobilitytalk.com
>>
>> ActiveSync 4.x Troubleshooting Guide -
>> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/activesync/tshoot-as4x.htm
>>
>> >I have a HP IPAQ hx2490b running PocketPC 5.0 and Activesync 4.1 on a
>> >Windows
>> > XP box with Office 2003. I cannot get Activesync to convert the
>> > desktop
>> > excel files to the compact versions to be read by pocket excel.
>> > Everything
>> > is checked in the options that should be. But it leaves them in the
>> > .xls
>> > format. I looked in the conversion settings in activesync, and there
>> > is
>> > no
>> > way to change the setting for the excel workbook files under desktop to
>> > device tab. It appears to just convert a .pxl to a .pxl. Anyone have
>> > this
>> > similar problem? Is there a reg hack to force it to convert the file?
>>
>>
>>



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