Converting 3.5 Workbooks to 7.x

Hi, I have the 7.x Migration Book from SAP Press and nowhere in the book does it mention anything about converting BEx Workbooks to 7.x.
Do we or should we convert the Workbooks as well to 7.x?
What is the Benefit of converting Workbooks to 7.x?
Thanks,

In my current environment, we are using BEx 7.0 Analyzer workbooks (without template) on BEx 3.5 queries.
The BEx 7.0 Analyzer has many good features found at the "Workbook" Level
Formating the table display is much easier in BEx 7.0 Analyzer .
The ability to connect charts to queries is also powerful.
Give it a try!
John Hawk

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We successfully convert an existing single excel workbook
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PDF the links work as expected and we can jump around the PDF using
them.
We now want to convert a series of multi-tab workbooks into a
single PDF document. OK we could combine several PDF's onto one I
know, but the snag is that the first excel workbook is to contain
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Check that you are not using VBA to protect the workbook on Open. This takes much longer in Excel 2013.
It would be code similar to this:
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    Next i
End Sub
Check out this Link here:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/access-help/office-2013-known-issues-HA102919019.aspx
Excel
Protecting sheets takes longer
Protecting sheets takes much longer than in previous Excel versions. It’s not noticeable when you’re manually protecting a sheet, but if you have code that protects or unprotects sheets repeatedly, it can become a performance issue.
The delay is caused by increased security in Excel 2013 for password protected files, because it uses a stronger hashing algorithm (SHA-512). In Office 2010 the default hashing algorithm for password protected files is SHA1. This change makes Excel password
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Im having an issue when converting workbooks to V7.0 in that our 3.5 workboks have a Navigate Pane which displays the variables that the user selected to run the query.
This doesnt appear in the converted version. Does anyone know how this can be done or can suggest a method to provide this. The reports can look quite meaningless if you cannot see what the selection criteria was.
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Gaurav & Arun,
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if u are using jdk u may try this for saving an Image img to an OutputStream out in jpg format
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I'm using
01) Microsoft Windows XP, Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 3
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03) Windows XP Service Pack 3, Version: 20080414-031525, Program File Size: 9.08 MB
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The PDF file will unfortunately become/remain totally/fully/completely blank.
When I convert an Excel Workbook having the Tunga Fonts (Kannada) to/into a PDF File, some of the Tunga fonts in the PDF file are legible and some are unfortunately illegible (get superimposed / overwritten on each other).
Perhaps I may get the same result if I try to convert an Excel Workbook having the Mangal Fonts (Hindi) to/into a PDF File with some Mangal fonts being/becoming legible and the rest being/becoming illegible (getting superimposed / overwritten on each other).
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My chronological sequence of steps to create a Word 2010 Document or an Excel 2010 Workbook:
I first create a Word Document File or an Excel Workbook File and save it by giving an appropriate file name.
Then I right click on the closed Word Document File or the Excel Workbook File in the file folder and convert it into a PDF by retaining the same/original file name.
The font list of Microsoft Word 2010 claims/says/states that both Mangal and Tunga are True Type fonts and also that these fonts will/would be used on both printer and screen.
In case if there is any text content in English in the beginning it will get converted into PDF only till/until either a Mangal(Hindi)/Tunga(Kannada) Font starts.
The remaining English text content does not get converted into/to PDF the moment a Mangal(Hindi)/Tunga(Kannada) Font starts. If the entire matter is purely (100 per cent) in English text it will fully / completely / totally get converted into a PDF file without any problem.
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Bex Default template for Queries and Workbooks

Dear All,
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For your first requirement, yes, you can use business connectivity service to bring rows from the external database field.
You can refer the detailed article below:
Using Business Connectivity Services in SharePoint 2010
For your second and third requirement, yes you need to create external data column to fill the external database field data to the list in the list. As external list has limitation as the source of look up column directly.
More information about external data column:
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For your fourth requirement, you can create a console application with Server Object Model to check the data in the external list in first requirement, if there is data in the list ,then you can add the data to external columns in requirement 2.
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For the list pattern, it will depend on your business logic and you data count,if your data is very large, then you can use the large list pattern.
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Excel 2010 no longer a save option

All my excel 2010 files have been converted to Excel Workbook and open as gibberish in a "Notebook" format. Also, the "Save" function no longer works as Excel 2010. I can only save as Excel Workbook as a default, or Excel 97-2003. I
have a license for Excel 2010 and it has worked fine for over 3 or 4 years, but today it stopped. Is there a fix?

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Excel 2003 to 2013 VBA migration bug

Hello!
I need to convert mission critical workbooks with much VBA code from Excel 2003 to Excel 2013, of which some were originally created using Excel 97.
When running any VBA macro I get 0x80028018 errors. A similar problem is described in KB320369 - BUG: "Old format or invalid type library"
error when automating Excel - however in my case it's
VBA, not .NET or VSTO and
I have installed the proper language packs.
I need to describe more detailed:
Even when I open the legacy workbook in 2013, create a new blank sheet, delete all old sheets and all VBA code, forms etc., put a new command button in, calling any new VBA sub, I get that error.
When I create a new workbook from scratch, put a new command button in, calling any new VBA sub, there is no error!
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Hi asklucas,
Are you installing mutiple version of Excel on the same computer? Can you check the wether the reference is correct in tools-reference?
>>I believe there is some legacy metadata in vbaProject.bin, which makes Excel 2013 choke.<<
Is it helpful that conver the XLSM to XLSX, then copy the code in to XLSX and save it to XLSM back?
If not, I suggest that you create a new workbook and copy the orgial code into the new workbook as a workaround.
Event if there are many workbook, we can write an application to automate this process. Here are some helpful links for your reference:
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How to set a sheet as Ad Hoc via VBA ...

We keep trying to convert our existing workbooks for Smart View.
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Anyway ...
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All "by the book" - I wish such "a book" ever existed ... I mean the documentation is far from "in depth" ...
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It works with ALL grids in 1 in 20 tests but you can never predict when and why.
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Hi Deiter,
You can achieve this with below steps.. I am giving below steps considering you want
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you are ready to go now.
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Hello Gurus,
i have installed the ADS (Adobe Document services). I would like to broadcast workbooks as a pdf file to some user.
When i open the workbook and go to Broadcast --> Setup a broadcast setting for this workbook. The distribution type is
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How can I use VBA to convert SharePoint workbooks from 97-2003 format to 2007+ format?

I want to convert a workbook that lives on SharePoint from the old 97-2003 file format to the newer one.
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