MXL5: MacID Help Should Include XLS5 Constant
  
PSS ID Number: Q139661
Article last modified on 11-17-1995
 
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MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0
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SUMMARY
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In Microsoft Excel version 5.0 for the Macintosh, the MacID topic in Visual
Basic Help states the following:
 
   The constant named argument consists of four-characters used to specify
   a resource type, file type, application signature, or Apple Event. For
   example, TEXT, OBIN, MSWD (Microsoft Word), XCEL (Microsoft Excel), and
   so on.
 
This information is incomplete: XCEL is the correct constant argument for
Microsoft Excel versions 4.0 and earlier; however, the constant argument
for Microsoft Excel 5.0 is XLS5.
 
The example from the MACID function uses the MacID function example:
 
   ' Run Microsoft Excel.
   ReturnValue = Shell(MacID("XCEL"))
 
The Correct Example should be:
 
   ' Run Microsoft Excel.
   ReturnValue = Shell(MacID("XLS5"))
 
For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   ARTICLE-ID: Q138822
   TITLE     : XL5: How to Use the MacID Function
 
   ARTICLE-ID: Q27655
   TITLE     : MXL: File and Creator Types for All Versions
 
KBCategory: kbprg kbdocerr
KBSubcategory: xlmac
 
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