Microsoft KB Archive/174319

= XL97: Open Event Macro May Not Activate a Worksheet =

Article ID: 174319

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q174319



SYMPTOMS
If you have an Open event macro for your workbook and this macro has code to activate a worksheet, the macro will run, but the worksheet may not be activated.



CAUSE
Your Open event macro may not activate a worksheet if both of the following are true:
 * You have a custom function, either in the workbook with the Open event macro, or another workbook in memory. -and-


 * Your custom function uses the Volatile method.



RESOLUTION
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To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:
 * Remove the line of code containing the Volatile method from your custom function. -or-


 * Use an Auto_Open macro instead of an Open event macro for the workbook.

For example, if your Open event macro is as follows: Private Sub Workbook_Open Sheet2.Activate End Sub use the following macro code (on a general module) instead: Sub Auto_Open Sheet2.Activate End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Excel 2000.

