XL7: Can't Step Through Macro with ActiveWindow.ActivateNext

• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you use the Activewindow.ActivateNext command in a macro, and if you step through the macro, the active window does not change.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the Index property to move to the next window.

Sample Visual Basic Code

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Sub Test()
'Make the next window the active window
   Windows(ActiveWindow.Index+1).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 new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.