Microsoft KB Archive/131290

= ActivatePrevious Method Uses Z-Order Defined by User =

Article ID: 131290

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q131290



SYMPTOMS
The ActivatePrevious and ActivateNext methods may not activate windows in the order that you expect.



WORKAROUND
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. To work around this problem, use the following procedure.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub Test

' Create a new window. ActiveWindow.NewWindow

' Create a second new window. ActiveWindow.NewWindow

' For each open window, display the name of the window. For Each x In Windows MsgBox x.Caption Next x

End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 5.00a 5.00c 7.00a XL98 XL97 XL7 XL5 XL

Keywords: kbbug kbdtacode kbprogramming KB131290

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