Microsoft KB Archive/170650

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XL97: VBE: User-Defined Functions Are Calculated Incorrectly

Article ID: 170650

Article Last Modified on 5/8/2002



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition



This article was previously published under Q170650


SYMPTOMS

When you use the Function Wizard to enter a formula containing a user-defined function in a cell, the formula may be calculated more than once.

CAUSE

A user-defined function is calculated multiple times in Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows if the following conditions are true:

  • The user-defined function is created in Visual Basic for Applications. -and-


  • The user-defined function is inserted into the spreadsheet with the Function Wizard.

Note that this behavior does not occur if the user-defined function is entered directly in a cell in a worksheet.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not use the Function Wizard to insert the custom function.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.


Additional query words: XL97

Keywords: kbprogramming kbprb KB170650