XL: "DisplayAlerts" Error Running Macro in MS Internet Explorer

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0, when you run a Visual Basic for Applications macro that is in a Microsoft Excel workbook, you may receive the following error message

   Run-time error '1004':
   Method 'DisplayAlerts' of object '_Application' failed

CAUSE

This problem occurs if you set the DisplayAlerts property of Microsoft Excel to True or False using macro code that is similar to the following:

   Application.DisplayAlerts = False

   -or-

   Application.DisplayAlerts = True

WORKAROUND

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To work around this problem, add the following line of code to your Visual Basic macro BEFORE the line of code that changes the DisplayAlerts property:

   On Error Resume Next

   On Error GoTo 0

   Sub Test()
       On Error Resume Next                'This line is required.
       Application.DisplayAlerts = False
       On Error GoTo 0                     'This line is optional.
   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 new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

You cannot change the DisplayAlerts property of the Microsoft Excel program when you view a workbook in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. When you do this, you receive an error message and the macro halts.