Macro Assigned to an Edit Box May Not Run
Article ID: 124229
Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 5.0c
- Microsoft Excel 5.0a for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q124229
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, if you create a dialog sheet, and you assign a macro to
an edit box control with an Edit Validation type of Reference or Formula,
the macro may not run as expected. That is, the macro will not run until
you select another control object that is not a Reference or Formula edit
box.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed above.
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
MORE INFORMATION
An edit box control is an object that can be used in a dialog box to allow
users to enter data. Edit boxes have an Edit Validation property which
determines how the contents of the selected edit box will be validated when
the dialog box is closed. The Edit Validation property can be any one of
the following types: Text, Integer, Number, Reference, or Formula.
With the exception of the Reference and Formula types, each of these
validation types will allow a macro to run any time you change the edit
box. However, by design, the Reference and Formula edit box types will not
run a macro until you select another control object on the dialog box.
However, the macro does not execute immediately if the other control that
is selected is another Reference or Formula edit box. Also, if the other
control you select (the OK button for example) has a macro assigned to it,
that macro will not be executed.
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