Skip to main content
efontana1-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 21, 2013
Solved

Excel component not working Mathcad Prime 3.0

  • November 21, 2013
  • 13 replies
  • 5158 views

Excel componente is disabled in my Mathcad Prime 3.0. Has anyone experienced this problem? In any possible way I try to use this feature it does not become enabled for me to test.

Any comment will be welcome.

reg

Best answer by Werner_E

Strange - this usually only happens if the cursor is inside a region and not on a free space in the sheet. Is this the case?

Which version of Excel do you have installed?

From the help: "To work with an Excel component, you must have Excel 2003 or later installed." But I guess this shouldn't be a problem nowadays.

13 replies

Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
November 21, 2013

Do you see this?

Excel1.png

This would mean that you have no valid license and your trial period is over - you are using Prime Express.

In the full version it should look like this

Excel2.png

and if you click Insert... you get a template like this

excel3.png

In Express you should still be able to use READEXCEL() and WRITEEXCEL().

efontana1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
November 21, 2013

Hi Werner, is not this problem. I have a full academic licence and it is fully functional, i..e, there is no locker in the excel or any other button of my interface. In my version, when I click on the Excel Component all items in the dropdown menu are grayed, i.e., disabled.

efontana1-VisitorAuthor
1-Visitor
November 21, 2013

I bought office 365 and after installing it the excel component worked. Thanks all you guys for your inputs.

Werner_E
Werner_E25-Diamond I
25-Diamond I
November 21, 2013

It should definitely be documented by PTC that the Starter edition doesn't work with Prime!

Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement