Microsoft Excel Workbook Links

Opening certain Excel or Comma Separated Value (CSV) files in Excel may (correctly or incorrectly) produce the following error message:

This workbook contains one or more links that cannot be updated.

Depending on how the file was opened (either through the GUI or programmatically), the following message box may appear:

Clicking the "Edit Links..." button opens the following window:

Selecting just about any option continues loading the file; however, if the files was accessed programmatically, user intervention is required through the GUI (even when the application has set Application.DisplayAlerts = false).

To disable the automatic update of Workbook links in Microsoft Excel 2007, which suppresses the prompt:

• Open Excel
• Click on the Microsoft Office button (in the upper left corner of the application)
• Click "Excel Options" near the bottom of the menu
• Select "Trust Center" tab
• Click the "Trust Center Settings..." button
• Select "External Content" tab
• Select "Disable automatic update of Workbook Links"
• Click "OK" button to close the "Trust Center" window
• Click "OK" button to close the "Excel Options" window

Addition information pertaining the issue is available through Microsoft's support website:

• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/813977