Microsoft KB Archive/213435

= XL2000: Cannot Display Dialog Box from VBA Macro If Workbook Is Hidden =

Article ID: 213435

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q213435





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if a workbook is not visible in the workspace, and you run a macro or procedure that attempts to display a built-in dialog box that requires that a workbook be active, the following error message may appear:

Run-time error '1004': Show method of Dialog Class failed.



WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, you must make at least one workbook visible in the workspace before you attempt to display the built-in dialog box.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure
The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro is an example of how to show the Save As dialog box when all open workbooks are hidden. Sub SaveHidden ' Sets the Visible property to False. ActiveWindow.Visible = False

' Sets ScreenUpdating to False. Application.ScreenUpdating = False

' Sets the macro workbook Visible property to True. Windows(ThisWorkbook.Name).Visible = True

' Displays the SaveAs Dialogbox. Application.Dialogs(xlDialogSaveAs).Show ("Book1.xls")

' Resets the Visible property to False. ActiveWindow.Visible = False

End Sub

Additional query words: XL2000 Run-time error 1004 Show method of Dialog Class failed

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