Article ID: 173148
Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q173148
SYMPTOMS
After you save a workbook in an earlier version of Microsoft Excel, any UserForms in the file are lost.
Note that you do not receive a warning message that indicates that Microsoft Excel will fail to save the UserForms.
CAUSE
This problem may occur if all of the following conditions are true:
- You add a UserForm to a Microsoft Excel 97 workbook. -and-
- You save the file in a file format for an earlier version of Microsoft Excel.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
A UserForm is a new feature in Microsoft Excel 97 and is not supported by earlier versions of Microsoft Excel.
REFERENCES
For more information about saving files in an earlier file format, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text
files, saving
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Formatting and features not transferred in file conversions" topic.
Additional query words: XL97 dialog missing
Keywords: kbprb KB173148
