Microsoft KB Archive/149247

= Microsoft Excel Event Properties Are Global for Each Session =

Article ID: 149247

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0a
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0a for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q149247





SYMPTOMS
Once you open a workbook that sets particular event properties, such as OnCalculate, all workbooks opened subsequently will run that same subprocedure.



CAUSE
The event properties are properties of the Application object which means that they are not workbook specific.

Once you set these properties, they will hold a reference to the subprocedure referenced when the property was set. The reference includes the full path and file name of the Microsoft Excel file, as well as the subprocedure name.



RESOLUTION
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When you close a workbook, set the event property to an empty string "", as shown in the following example: Sub Auto_Close Application.OnCalculate = "" End Sub



MORE INFORMATION
In the case where the workbook that set the event property is closed but Microsoft Excel remains active, when the event property runs, Microsoft Excel loads the workbook that contains the subprocedure and runs the subprocedure.

