Microsoft KB Archive/20763

Multiplan: Self-Starting (AUTOEXEC) Macros PSS ID Number: Q20763 Article last modified on 10-17-1990 PSS database name: D_MPlan

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Summary:

When Multiplan loads a worksheet, it checks for a macro named AUTOEXEC. If it exists, Multiplan executes it immediately.

The AUTOEXEC macro is useful for such things as setting defaults that are not otherwise set by Multiplan itself in the INI file. For example, you can have the AUTOEXEC macro set new column widths for a portion of the worksheet.

Another use for the AUTOEXEC macro is to initiate the running of a custom menu of your own design that will replace the regular menu immediately upon loading of the spreadsheet.

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