Microsoft KB Archive/175984

= XL97: GET.DOCUMENT Function Returns Incorrect Document Name =

Article ID: 175984

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q175984



SYMPTOMS
When you run a macro to return the name of the active workbook, the macro returns the wrong name.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you do the following:


 * You run an Excel 4.0 macro that uses the GET.DOCUMENT(68) macro function. -and-


 * The macro calls a function or subroutine that refers to or changes the Visible property of the document window.

This problem occurs because the Visible property returns information that the GET.DOCUMENT does not interpret correctly.



WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, use a Visual Basic for Applications procedure instead of the Excel 4.0 macro. The following procedure in Visual Basic returns the name of the current workbook in a message box: Sub GetBookName

MsgBox ActiveWorkbook.Name

End Sub



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



MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel 97, the Excel 4.0 macro command GET.DOCUMENT(68) returns the name of the current workbook that contains the active worksheet. Because you can share a worksheet between different workbooks in Excel 4.0, the GET.DOCUMENT function may return the name of more than one workbook. In Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and later, worksheets cannot be shared between different workbooks; however, the GET.DOCUMENT function may incorrectly return the name of another open workbook.

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