Microsoft KB Archive/136147

= VB Macro to Tell If You Are Running 16-bit or 32-bit MS Excel =

Article ID: 136147

Article Last Modified on 9/13/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q136147





SUMMARY
This article includes a sample Visual Basic, Applications Edition, procedure that can be used to determine whether the version of Microsoft Excel that is running is the 16-bit or the 32-bit version.

Sample Visual Basic, Applications Edition, Procedure
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. Sub Excel_16or32bit

Dim opsys32bit As Boolean

'set opsys32bit true if "32-bit" found in operating system string 'False otherwise opsys32bit = Application.OperatingSystem Like "*32-bit*" 'If true If opsys32bit Then 'Call the 32-bit function here MsgBox "You are running 32-bit Microsoft Excel." Else 'otherwise call the 16-bit function here MsgBox "You are running 16-bit Microsoft Excel." End If End Sub



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about running macros that call DLLs in Microsoft Excel, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

131525 XL: Can't Run Macro That Calls 16-bit DLL in 32-bit MS Excel

Additional query words: 32bit 16bit howto

Keywords: kbprogramming KB136147

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