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XL98: Menu Bars and Toolbars Flash When You Close a Workbook

Article ID: 183222

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2002

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This article was previously published under Q183222

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, when you close a workbook, all of the menu bars and toolbars may flash (they disappear and then quickly reappear) when you close a workbook.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if you have used the Menu Editor in Microsoft Excel version 5.0 to add custom menu items to the workbook.

RESOLUTION

Even though the menu bars and toolbars flash, the custom menu items and custom toolbar buttons created by macros in Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition should not be affected when you close the workbook.

STATUS

This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition.

MORE INFORMATION

When you close a workbook that contains custom menu items that have been created by the Menu Editor in Microsoft Excel version 5.0, Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition redraws all of the visible menu bars and toolbars.

This behavior is purely visual; no custom menu items or custom toolbar buttons are lost from the menus when this behavior occurs. However, there is no way to suppress the flashing of the menu bars and toolbars. Using the following code 
   Application.ScreenUpdating = False
to try to suppress the flashing of menubars and toolbars does not work.

Additional query words: XL98 menu bars commandbars command flashes blink flicker redraw

Keywords: kbui kbprb KB183222


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