Next Item Added After Picture in Excel Dialog Editor is Dimmed

• Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a
• Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you create a custom dialog box using the Dialog Editor, the next item added to the dialog box after adding a Picture item, defaults to dimmed. That is, the Dimmed check box in the Edit Info dialog box is selected for this item, and when you run your dialog box, the item is dimmed (grayed) and cannot be selected.

WORKAROUNDS

To avoid having the item following the picture item in a custom dialog box be dimmed, do either of the following:

1. Display the Edit Info dialog box by double-clicking the item, or by selecting the item and choosing Info from the Edit menu.

2. In the Edit Info dialog box, clear the Dimmed check box.

   -or-

3. In the dialog box definition table on your worksheet or macro sheet, locate the item number and subtract 200.

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

The Microsoft Excel Dialog Editor is a tool designed to help you create custom dialog boxes. When using the Dialog Editor to create custom dialog boxes, you start with a blank dialog box and then add items (for example, buttons, text or edit boxes) to it by choosing them from the Item menu.

Version 4.0 of the Microsoft Excel Dialog Editor includes a Picture item in the list of available Icons that can be added to a custom dialog box. If you add a Picture item to your dialog box, the next item you add will have the Dimmed check box selected. By default, the Dimmed check box should be cleared.

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel User's Guide 2," version 4.0, pages 263-272