OFF95: Caller Property Returns a Different Value in Binder

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Binder for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Caller property in a Visual Basic, Applications Edition, macro from a Microsoft Excel section in a Microsoft Office Binder, the Caller property of the Application object returns a different value than it does when it is used in the stand-alone version of Microsoft Excel 7.0.

WORKAROUND

The following macro example checks for the existence of a different value and then displays the correct value (the value as it appears in the stand- alone version of Microsoft Excel).

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Sub Caller_Button()

'Sets the variable x equal to the name of the control that is calling the
'macro.
   x = Application.Caller

'This shows the invalid return string
   MsgBox x(2)

'The next line checks the ASCII character to see if it returns a 1, if it
'does, then Microsoft Excel 7.0 knows that the workbook is in a Binder and
'will return the proper name or number of the toolbar.

   If Asc(Mid(x(2), Len(x(2)) - 1, 1)) = 1 Then
      MsgBox "Toolbar Name/Num: " & Left(x(2), Len(x(2)) - 2) & Chr(13) _
      )& "Button Number: " & x(1)
   Else
      MsgBox "Toolbar Name or Number " & x(2) & Chr(13) & _
      "Button Number " & x(1)
   End If
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

The Caller property returns a different value when the macro is called from a custom button. When you use the Caller property on a custom button, an array of two elements is returned. The first element is the button number, and the second element is the toolbar name or number on which the custom button is located. In the Microsoft Office 95 Binder, the second element will append a "|0" text string to the second element of the Caller array.