Article ID: 190804
Article Last Modified on 9/12/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q190804
SYMPTOMS
When you use the Caller property in a Visual Basic for Applications macro to determine which menu item has been clicked, you may get incorrect results.
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. The Caller property for a menu item returns an array of information about that menu item. The fourth element of the array should equal zero. The following sample macro illustrates how to set the fourth element of the array to zero. This emulates the behavior of earlier versions of Microsoft Excel.
Sub Run_Menu_Item()
z = Application.Caller
z(4) = 0
For Each i In z
MsgBox i
Next
End Sub
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.
REFERENCES
For more information about the Caller property, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "caller," click Search, and then click to view "Caller Property."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
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