XL: ActivatePrevious Method Uses Z-Order Defined by User

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

SYMPTOMS

The ActivatePrevious and ActivateNext methods may not activate windows in the order that you expect.

WORKAROUND

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub Test()

       ' Create a new window.
       ActiveWindow.NewWindow

       ' Create a second new window.
       ActiveWindow.NewWindow

       ' For each open window, display the name of the window.
       For Each x In Windows
           MsgBox x.Caption
       Next x

   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.