The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
- Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, version 5.0
- Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
- Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
- Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
- Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
SUMMARY
To manually create a custom category for a user-defined function that you
write in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, you must insert a
Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro sheet before you create the category.
MORE INFORMATION
To create a custom category, follow these steps:
- In Microsoft Excel 97, right-click a sheet tab in the workbook and click
Insert. In Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition, hold the Control key
and click a sheet tab in the workbook and click Insert. Click MS Excel
4.0 Macro and click OK to add a macro sheet to the workbook.
In Microsoft Excel 5.0 and 7.0, point to Macro on the Insert menu, and
click MS Excel 4.0 Macro to add a macro sheet to the workbook.
- On the Insert menu, point to Name, and then click Define. Under Macro,
click Function.
- In the Name box, type "TEST1" (without the quotation marks).
- In the Category box, replace "User Defined" with the new category, and
then click OK.
Microsoft Excel adds the new category to the list. After you add one or
more custom functions to the new category, you can delete the "TEST1"
function name. When you do this the new category remains. If you delete the
Microsoft Excel 4.0 macro sheet, functions already assigned to the custom
category remain in that category; however, you cannot assign a new function
to that category after you delete the macro sheet.
Excel 97 for Windows and Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
You cannot add a user-defined function to a specific category by selecting
the function in a dialog box. You must use a macro to specify a category
for the function. For additional information, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q157108
TITLE : Options not Available in Macro Options Dialog Box
Microsoft Excel 5.0 and 7.0
To specify a category for a user-defined function, follow these steps:
- With a module sheet active, press F2 to start the Object Browser
- Select the workbook in the Libraries/Workbooks list.
- Select the custom function in the Methods/Properties list, and then
click Options.
- Select the category in the Function Category list, and then click OK.
- Click Close to close the Object Browser.
REFERENCES
"User's Guide 2," version 4.0, Chapter 5, "To Name a custom function," page
210
For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q141825
TITLE : XL: Custom Function in the Wrong Category in Function
Wizard
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