Microsoft KB Archive/179004

= XL98: Options Not Available in Macro Options Dialog Box =

Article ID: 179004

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q179004





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, if you click the Tools menu, point to Macro, click Macros, and then click Options, the Macro Options dialog box does not contain as many controls as in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel.



CAUSE
Some controls were removed from the Macro Options dialog box in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.



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. Most functionality originally provided by the controls in the Macro Options dialog box is available when you run a macro that uses the MacroOptions method.

The MacroOptions method in Microsoft Excel uses the syntax: Application.MacroOptions Macro:= , where is the name of the macro whose options you want to change. The optional arguments are separated by commas.

Each control in the Macro Options dialog box has a corresponding optional argument that you can add to the MacroOptions method. The following table lists the controls previously available in the Macro Options dialog box and the optional argument that allows you to change the setting in question:    Control              MacroOptions Optional Argument --  Description box      Description:=

Menu Item In        HasMenu:=* 'Tools' Menu check box

Menu Text box       MenuText:=*

Keyboard Shortcut   HasShortcutKey:= check box

Option+Cmd+ box     ShortcutKey:=

Function Category   Category:=

Status Bar Text     StatusBar:=

Help Context ID     HelpContextId:=

Help File Name      HelpFile:=

For example, assume you have a macro called "Test" and you want to set the following options for the macro.   Option            Value ---  Description       This is my test macro. Shortcut Key     yes, OPTION+COMMAND+j Status Bar Text  Test Macro written by J. Tech Help Context ID  15 Help File Name   Help Files:My Help File You can set these options by executing the following command in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro: Application.MacroOptions Macro:="Test", _ Description:="This is my test macro.", HasShortcutKey:=True, _ ShortcutKey:="j", StatusBar:="Test Macro written by J. Tech", _ HelpContextId:=15, HelpFile:="Help Files:My Help File" Because the Macro Options dialog box in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition does not contain all of the same controls as in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, this is the only method you can use to set most of the macro options.

Note: The arguments marked above with an asterisk (*), HasMenu and MenuText, are ignored in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition. This functionality is no longer available.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

157203 XL97: Cannot Add Macros to the Tools Menu

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STATUS
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

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MORE INFORMATION
The Macro Options dialog box in Microsoft Excel version 5.0 contains the following controls. <pre class="fixed_text"> Control              Function Description box     Allows you to set a description of your macro.

Menu Item In        If selected, the macro appears on your Tools 'Tools' Menu check  menu when the workbook containing the macro box                 is open.

Menu Text box       Allows you to change the name of the macro as                        it appears on the Tools menu.

Keyboard Shortcut   If selected, allows you to assign a shortcut check box           key to your macro.

Option+Cmd+ box     Allows you to change the shortcut key assigned to your macro. Allowed values are a-z and A-Z.

Function Category   Allows you to select the function category to   list box             which the macro belongs. This is usually used by function macros, as it determines how your macro is displayed in the Function Wizard.

Status Bar Text     StatusBar:=<variant, text to appear in the status box                 bar when the user points to a menu item assigned to the macro>

Help Context ID     HelpContextId:=<variant, a number that specifies For This Macro      the context ID for the Help topic assigned to   box                  the macro>

Help File Name      Allows you to assign a Help file to the macro. box In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, the Macro Options dialog box contains fewer controls. <pre class="fixed_text"> Control              Function ---  Description box      Allows you to set a description of your macro.

Option+Cmd+ box     Allows you to change the shortcut key assigned to your macro. Allowed values are a-z and A-Z. You can only change settings for other controls by using a macro using the MacroOptions method.

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