HD81962: EXCEL PROCESS DOES NOT END AFTER USING SMARTEAM INTEGRATION AND CLOSING EXCEL.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Excel Process does not end after using Smarteam
  Integration and closing Excel.
  Excel integration with office 2007 is not correct
  I could reproduce this error on my side with
  standard smdemo R19SP2 and
  excel 2007 ( client also reproduce this error with
  office 2007 SP1)
  scenario
  create an excel document and save it to disk
  open smarteam and login as joe
  open the document view of an existing project and
  add a new document
  select the previously created excel file (choose
  microsoft excel as
  file type) and save this profile card
  checking in this document
  now, right click on it and select "file operation/open
  for../edit"
  excel will open with this document in read/write
  activate the smarteam integration in excel and
  check in the excel file
  close excel
  look in the task manager, excel process is always
  running
  now redo the open for edit of the same document
  the smarteam toolbar of excel integration is not
  working anymore. You
  have only access to the about function.
  the only bypass is to manually kill the excel process
  .
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Excel Process does not end after using Smarteam
  Integration
  and closing Excel.
  Excel integration with office 2007 is not
  correct
  I could reproduce this error on my side with
  standard smdemo R19SP2 and
  excel 2007 ( client also
  reproduce this error with
  office 2007 SP1)
  scenario
  create
  an excel document and save it to disk
  open smarteam and login
  as joe
  open the document view of an existing project and
  add
  a new document
  select the previously created excel file
  (choose
  microsoft excel as
  file type) and save this profile
  card
  checking in this document
  now, right click on it and
  select "file operation/open
  for../edit"
  excel will open with
  this document in read/write
  activate the smarteam integration
  in excel and
  check in the excel file
  close excel
  look in the
  task manager, excel process is always
  running
  now redo the
  open for edit of the same document
  the smarteam toolbar of
  excel integration is not
  working anymore. You
  have only
  access to the about function.
  the only bypass is to manually
  kill the excel process
  

Problem conclusion

• NOTE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL ALSO BE FIXED ON V5R19
  SP6.
  Additional Closure Information:
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Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  SMARTEAM NT>XP

• Fixed component ID

  569199970

Applicable component levels

• R519 PSN

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