XL: Error Using XLCALL and SaveAs Functions

• Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, you may receive a macro error when you use the XLCALL function in a Lotus 1-2-3 macro to call a Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Applications module that contains the SaveAs function.

CAUSE

You receive an error at the cell that contains the XLCALL function if the Microsoft Excel macro that is called contains a SaveAs command, and either of the following conditions occurs:

• The SaveAs command saves the workbook that contains the XLCALL under a different name.

      -or-
  

• The SaveAs command saves another workbook.

WORKAROUNDS

Method 1

If the SaveAs command saves the workbook that contains the XLCALL function under a different name, modify the SaveAs function so that the module saves the workbook containing the XLCALL function under the same name.

Method 2

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   Sub SheetSave()
       'Open new workbook
       Workbooks.Add

       'Save new workbook as Book.xls
       ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs FileName:="Book.xls", FileFormat:=xlNormal

       'Activate Test.xls, which is where the XLCALL
       'command is located
       Workbooks("Test.xls").Activate
       Worksheets("A").Activate
   End Sub

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The XLCALL command is used to call a Microsoft Excel macro or module from a Lotus 1-2-3 macro. The syntax for this command is as follows:

   {XLCALL macro_name}

   {XLCALL Module1.Macro1}

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide," version 5.0, Chapter 3, "Microsoft Excel for Windows Runs 1-2-3 Macros"