Article ID: 115208
Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q115208
SYMPTOMS
When you call a macro that is contained in an add-in file, either by using
the Call statement or by using the macro name in a Visual Basic procedure
in Microsoft Excel, you receive one of the following error messages, even
if the add-in that contains the macro is open at the time:
Sub or Function not defined
Compile error:
Sub or Function not defined
CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the add-in that contains the macro that you are
calling is not selected in the References dialog box. When you open an add-
in file, the add-in is added to the References dialog box, but is not
selected. This is by design of Microsoft Excel.
WORKAROUND
To avoid receiving an error message when you call a macro that is contained
in an add-in file from a Visual Basic procedure, do either of the
following:
REFERENCES
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