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XL97: Macro Stops Running When its Workbook Is Closed

Article ID: 157103

Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006

Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q157103

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 97, if a macro closes a workbook (even its own workbook) that contains running macros, the macros stop running immediately. Depending on how your macros are written, this may cause problems.

CAUSE

This occurs in Microsoft Excel 97 because macros in the workbook immediately halt execution when a workbook is closed.

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel.

RESOLUTION

This new behavior should only cause problems if a macro closes a workbook (even its own workbook) that contains a running macro. Look for the following commands in your macros:

   ThisWorkbook.Close

-and-

   ActiveWorkbook.Close

If your macros contain either of these commands, you may be closing workbooks that contain running macros. You should examine your macros to make sure you are not trying to run macro commands in a workbook after it is closed.

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In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, if you close a workbook that contains running macros, the workbook is not actually closed until the macros complete execution.

In Microsoft Excel 97, the behavior is somewhat different. When the command to close a workbook executes, the workbook referenced in the macro closes immediately, and any macros it contains halt execution.

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