Microsoft KB Archive/172749

= XL97: Unable to Close File Activated by WorkbookBeforeClose =

Article ID: 172749

Article Last Modified on 10/21/2000

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q172749



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to close a workbook, the pointer becomes an hourglass, and the workbook remains open. After you attempt to close the workbook, any cell entries that you make in the workbook do not appear. However, these cell entries appear in another workbook.



CAUSE
This problem may occur if all of the following conditions are true:


 * You attach a Visual Basic for Applications macro to the WorkbookBeforeClose event. -and-


 * You set the Cancel argument of the WorkbookBeforeClose event to True. -and-


 * You switch to another workbook in the macro that is attached to the WorkbookBeforeClose event.

You cannot close the workbook that is activated by the macro that is attached to the WorkbookBeforeClose event in another workbook.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, save the workbook with a different file name. To save the workbook with a different name, follow these steps:


 * 1) Switch to the workbook that contains the macro that is attached to the WorkbookBeforeClose event.
 * 2) Switch to the workbook that you cannot close.
 * 3) On the File menu, click Save As.
 * 4) Type a new name for the workbook in the File Name box.
 * 5) Click Save.

NOTE: To close the workbook that contains the macro that is attached to the WorkbookBeforeClose event, set Cancel to True and remove the line of code that activates the other workbook.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

