SBFM97: Payments Per Year Input Box Only Allows One Digit

ID: Q166766

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager 97 for Microsoft Excel 97

SYMPTOMS

In the Microsoft Small Business Financial Manager 97, you cannot enter more than one digit into the Payments Per Year box in any dialog box.

WORKAROUND

To enter more than one digit into the Payments Per Year input box, do the following:

1. Enter the first digit.

2. Press END and then type the second number.

For example, to enter the number 12 (for 12 payments per year), enter 1, press END (or click after the 1), and then type the number 2.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in the updated versions of the Quickbooks driver and Msapp.dll, which are available on the Microsoft Web site.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ Sbfm97qb.exe (size: 380364 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from
               Online Services

The dialog boxes that contain the Payment Per Year box include the "What if I Take Out a New Loan?," "What if I Pay Back and Remove All, or Part of a Loan?," and "Analyze Buy vs Lease" dialog boxes.

Additional query words: XL97 8.00 sbfm sbe

Keywords          : kbtool xladdins xlsbfm 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: November 5, 1998