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[MATHCAD] Reference Bug?
Author: Bill Hoad    Posted: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 21:27:29 +0100
Hi I'm using V7.03. I set a reference, in a worksheet (Main say), to another worksheet using INSERT REFERENCE. I then added more variables in the referenced worksheet and saved it. These are not recognised in Main unless I reset the reference. Bug? or am I missing something. -- Bill Hoad ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com

RE: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug?
Author: Robert Garner    Posted: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:22:45 +0100
I have also had this problem. I could not get 'Main' to update a referenced worksheet. It seems that one has to re-load the 'Main' worksheet before it can "see" any changes made in the referenced worksheet, which has be re-saved?. In the past I have also used sheets which are more than two layers deep - and then the inconvenience starts to really matter as I find it difficult to be certain that everything is up to date before believing the answers! Regards, Bob Garner ************************************************************************ * Bob Garner CEng. (Mechanical Engineer) Interfleet Technology Ltd. Railway Technical Centre, London Road, DERBY DE24 8UP, UK email: > ************************************************************************ * -----Original Message----- From: Bill Hoad /> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 1998 9:27 PM To: Mathcad List Subject: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug? Hi I'm using V7.03. I set a reference, in a worksheet (Main say), to another worksheet using INSERT REFERENCE. I then added more variables in the referenced worksheet and saved it. These are not recognised in Main unless I reset the reference. Bug? or am I missing something. -- Bill Hoad ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com

RE: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug?
Author: Jacqui Cheswick    Posted: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:35:22 +0100
To get References to update, the 'referenced' sheet first of all needs to be saved (as Mathcad will only 'see' the saved copy). Then, in the sheet including the reference, click on the reference region and use F9 to get it to recalculate. Any changes affecting this sheet will then be cascaded through the worksheet. I don't believe this is a bug as such, rather it gives the user a chance to decide when to apply the changes and avoid recalculating every time a minor change is made to the referenced sheet. Jacqui Cheswick /> Robert Garner on 14 09 98 08:22:45 Please respond to /> To: /> cc: (bcc: Jacqui Cheswick/Users/AdeptScientific) Subject: RE: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug? I have also had this problem. I could not get 'Main' to update a referenced worksheet. It seems that one has to re-load the 'Main' worksheet before it can "see" any changes made in the referenced worksheet, which has be re-saved?. In the past I have also used sheets which are more than two layers deep - and then the inconvenience starts to really matter as I find it difficult to be certain that everything is up to date before believing the answers! Regards, Bob Garner ************************************************************************ * Bob Garner CEng. (Mechanical Engineer) Interfleet Technology Ltd. Railway Technical Centre, London Road, DERBY DE24 8UP, UK email: > ************************************************************************ * -----Original Message----- From: Bill Hoad /> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 1998 9:27 PM To: Mathcad List Subject: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug? Hi I'm using V7.03. I set a reference, in a worksheet (Main say), to another worksheet using INSERT REFERENCE. I then added more variables in the referenced worksheet and saved it. These are not recognised in Main unless I reset the reference. Bug? or am I missing something. -- Bill Hoad ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com

RE: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug?
Author: Robert Garner    Posted: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:12:20 +0100
Fair point, but wouldn't it be much better if changes in the 'referenced' sheet were always seen by the main sheet whatever the save status? The ideal situation would be to have several levels of referenced sheets open (and tiled), and be able to make changes to any of them and the changes would always cascade down through the chain. In any case, why would a sheet be referenced if its contents were not required - if it played no part in the calculation, why not just remove it? I appreciate that this would probably be quite difficult to achieve from a programming point of view, but I think it would greatly enhance this already useful facility. Regards, Bob Garner ************************************************************************ * Bob Garner CEng. (Mechanical Engineer) Interfleet Technology Ltd. Railway Technical Centre, London Road, DERBY DE24 8UP, UK email: /> ************************************************************************ * -----Original Message----- From: Jacqui Cheswick /> Sent: Monday, September 14, 1998 9:35 AM To: /> Subject: RE: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug? To get References to update, the 'referenced' sheet first of all needs to be saved (as Mathcad will only 'see' the saved copy). Then, in the sheet including the reference, click on the reference region and use F9 to get it to recalculate. Any changes affecting this sheet will then be cascaded through the worksheet. I don't believe this is a bug as such, rather it gives the user a chance to decide when to apply the changes and avoid recalculating every time a minor change is made to the referenced sheet. Jacqui Cheswick /> Robert Garner on 14 09 98 08:22:45 Please respond to /> To: /> /> cc: (bcc: Jacqui Cheswick/Users/AdeptScientific) Subject: RE: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug? I have also had this problem. I could not get 'Main' to update a referenced worksheet. It seems that one has to re-load the 'Main' worksheet before it can "see" any changes made in the referenced worksheet, which has be re-saved?. In the past I have also used sheets which are more than two layers deep - and then the inconvenience starts to really matter as I find it difficult to be certain that everything is up to date before believing the answers! Regards, Bob Garner ************************************************************************ * Bob Garner CEng. (Mechanical Engineer) Interfleet Technology Ltd. Railway Technical Centre, London Road, DERBY DE24 8UP, UK email: > ************************************************************************ * -----Original Message----- From: Bill Hoad /> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 1998 9:27 PM To: Mathcad List Subject: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug? Hi I'm using V7.03. I set a reference, in a worksheet (Main say), to another worksheet using INSERT REFERENCE. I then added more variables in the referenced worksheet and saved it. These are not recognised in Main unless I reset the reference. Bug? or am I missing something. -- Bill Hoad ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com

RE: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug?
Author: Ted Diehl-ETD012    Posted: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:36:33 -0400
Have you tried in the "main" program issuing a "Calculate Worksheet" command (under the Math menu)? This should work. Ted Diehl Motorola -----Original Message----- From: Bill Hoad /> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 1998 4:27 PM To: Mathcad List Subject: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug? Hi I'm using V7.03. I set a reference, in a worksheet (Main say), to another worksheet using INSERT REFERENCE. I then added more variables in the referenced worksheet and saved it. These are not recognised in Main unless I reset the reference. Bug? or am I missing something. -- Bill Hoad ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com

Re: [MATHCAD] Reference Bug?
Author: Bill Hoad    Posted: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 22:44:47 +0100
In message Jacqui Cheswick writes > >To get References to update, the 'referenced' sheet first of all needs to >be saved (as Mathcad will only 'see' the saved copy). Then, in the sheet >including the reference, click on the reference region and use F9 to get it >to recalculate. Any changes affecting this sheet will then be cascaded >through the worksheet. I don't believe this is a bug as such, rather it >gives the user a chance to decide when to apply the changes and avoid >recalculating every time a minor change is made to the referenced sheet. > I see the point but strictly speaking, to follow the philosophy of Mathcad, automatic application of the changes should be determined by whether the automatic calculation option is set. BTW what happens if the referenced worksheet has uncalculated results? ie should we F9 each reference at startup. -- Bill Hoad ------------------------------------------------------------- The Mathcad List - Discussion, Support & News Contributions: /> To unsubscribe: Send in the body: unsubscribe mathcad To: /> Hosted by: Adept Scientific http://www.adeptscience.com

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