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BrianBoman14-Alexandrite
14-Alexandrite
April 25, 2022
Question

Opening a table pattern in excel with excel open

  • April 25, 2022
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First, the parameter part_table_editor is set to "excel"

 

That said, Creo will not allow me to open and edit a table pattern in excel if I already have another excel window open.

 

When attempting to do that it throws this error: 

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The fix I have found (which is incredibly inefficient) is to close all open excel windows, open the table pattern, then reopen the excel files I am using to generate the data needed for the table pattern.

 

Does anyone know if there is a fix that will allow me to open table patterns in excel without closing all other excel windows? 

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    Kotom-Eng16-Pearl
    16-Pearl
    April 25, 2022

    Here you are in the Creo Elements direct / Modeling community.

    You should better move your post to the Creo Parametric to have a better chance to get an answer.

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    BrianBoman14-AlexandriteAuthor
    14-Alexandrite
    April 25, 2022

    Ah thanks - my mistake.

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    Mahesh_Sharma22-Sapphire I
    22-Sapphire I
    April 26, 2022

    Hi @BrianBoman 

     

    Article CS206558 may help.

     

    Thanks

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    BrianBoman14-AlexandriteAuthor
    14-Alexandrite
    April 27, 2022

    Hello @Mahesh_Sharma ,

     

    I was able to have our admins comment out the browser setting in the config.sup to do some initial testing. Interestingly enough both options (ie_in_sep_process and mozilla_based_browser) no longer seem to be recognized as valid settings. I checked both of them and they were both flagged (as seen in the pictures) as invalid options. I looked in the config options under the embedded help and they are not mentioned there. I also checked proesite.com/windows_browser_type and found the same. My working directory does not seem to be changing once I launch Creo either. That said, I did try setting it to be my desktop over my working folder but it didn't fix the issue. Any additional thoughts?

     

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    mkajdan14-Alexandrite
    14-Alexandrite
    May 4, 2022

    I can confirm that a table pattern can open if there is already a different excel file open.  I didn't see anywhere what version of Creo you are using but we are on 8.0.2.0 if it matters at all.

     

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