Microsoft KB Archive/165380

= OFF97: Programmatically Activating the Visual Basic Editor =

Article ID: 165380

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
You can programmatically switch to the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor from a Microsoft Office 97 program. This article includes macro examples that switch to Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides examples of Visual Basic for Applications procedures for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. The Visual Basic procedures in this article are provided 'as is' and Microsoft does not guarantee that they can be used in all situations. While Microsoft Support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular macro, they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality, nor will they help you construct macros to meet your specific needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to consult one of the Microsoft Solution Providers. Solution Providers offer a wide range of fee-based services, including creating custom macros. For more information about Microsoft Solution Providers, call Microsoft Customer Information Service at (800) 426-9400.

In the first two examples, the MainWindow property returns a windows object that represents the main window of the Microsoft Visual Basic environment. The SetFocus method moves the focus to the object that is returned by the MainWindow property.

Microsoft Excel 97
Sub ShowExcelVBE Application.VBE.MainWindow.SetFocus End Sub

Microsoft Powerpoint 97
Sub ShowPpntVBE Application.VBE.MainWindow.SetFocus End Sub

Microsoft Word 97
In the following example, the ShowVisualBasicEditor property switches to Microsoft Visual Basic. Sub ShowWordVBE Application.ShowVisualBasicEditor = True End Sub

