Microsoft KB Archive/119489

= Changing from One Drive to Another Recorded Incorrectly =

Article ID: 119489

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c

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This article was previously published under Q119489



SYMPTOMS
When you are recording a Visual Basic, Applications Edition, macro and you choose Open or Save As from the File menu and change the active drive, the macro recorder may incorrectly record the drive change as a directory change. When the macro is replayed, it produces an error message:

Run-time error '1004':

Cannot find ' ':



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, you must edit the macro. Select the module sheet in which the macro was recorded and change the following macro code ChDir " :\" to: ChDrive " :\" Microsoft provides examples of Visual Basic 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. This Visual Basic procedure is provided 'as is' and Microsoft does not guarantee that it can be used in all situations. Microsoft does not support modifications of this procedure to suit customer requirements for a particular purpose.



STATUS
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

