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The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.


Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question



Version Location Description Submitted By Corrected
Printed Page 2
Second full paragraph, second sentence.

Text reads "you can uncheck the..."
Should be:
"you can check the.."

Anonymous 
Printed Page 56
code at page bottom

Two errors and one note:

In for loop:

1. System.PrivateProfileString( ,_ ' Should not have the " ," only the "_"

2. FileName:="c:windowsmru.ini" not "d:" as in code

Note: On Windows 2000 systems, it should be "c:winnt" not "c:windowms"

Anonymous 
Printed Page 149
Last paragraph

...the function replaces underscores with spaces.
should be:
...the function replaces spaces with underscores.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 244
Last 2 code snipplet in the bottom

."} in the end is unnecessary.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 245
1st code

One closing brace in the end is unnecessary.

Anonymous 
Printed Page 246
Field example beginning with "{ QUOTE"

{ QUOTE { ASK "Enter a Number" MyNum } { =MyNum^2 } }
should be
{ QUOTE { ASK MyNum "Enter a Number" } { =MyNum^2 } }

Anonymous 
Printed Page 251-252
Field examples in Hack 72

{=SUM {Table1 A1}}
should be
{=SUM (Table1 A1)}

{=SUM{Table1 D:D)/2}
should be
{=SUM(Table1 D:D)/2}

Anonymous 
Printed Page 253
end of first paragraph

The last sentence of the paragraph is incomplete. It says:
'... used in a field would tell '

Anonymous 
Printed Page 291
HelloFromExcel macro

doc.Range.Style = wdHeading1
should be
doc.Range.Style = wdStyleHeading1

Anonymous 
Printed Page 339
Code snipplet beginning with <xsl:template

xsl:copy-of select="aml:content"/*"/>
should be
<xsl:copy-of select="aml:content"/*"/>

Anonymous 


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