Deactivate Macro Doesn't Run When You Open HTML Document

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1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
2. On the Insert menu, click Module.
3. Type the following code into the new module:

         Sub Trigger()
            Sheets("Sheet1").OnSheetDeactivate = "RunMe"
         End Sub
   
         Sub RunMe()
            MsgBox "You deactivated Sheet1."
         End Sub
   						

4. Run the Trigger macro.

When you deactivate Sheet1, the macro specified in the OnSheetDeactivate command ("RunMe") is run. You can specify any worksheet or workbook when you use OnSheetDeactivate; if you specify a workbook, the macro is run when you deactivate any sheet in the workbook.

You can also use the Deactivate event of a worksheet to run a macro. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
2. In the Project window, double-click the sheet for which you want to add a macro.
3. In the Object list, click Worksheet. In the Procedure list, click Deactivate.
4. Change the code in the Code window to the following:

         Private Sub Worksheet_Deactivate()
            MsgBox "You deactivated Sheet1."
         End Sub
   						

5. On the File menu, click "Close and Return to Microsoft Excel."

When you deactivate Sheet1, the Worksheet_Deactivate macro runs automatically. It is not necessary to use a second macro to set the Worksheet_Deactivate macro to run.

Example

To see an example of this problem, follow these steps:

1. Create a new workbook, and repeat steps 1 through 5 above.
2. On the File menu, click Open. Select an HTML document, and then click Open.
   
   The macro does not run.
3. Switch to the workbook and click Sheet1. Then, switch to the .htm document.
   
   The macro runs as expected.