XL: How to Create and Use an Auto_Close Procedure

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

SUMMARY

An Auto_Close procedure is an automatic procedure stored in a workbook that runs automatically when the workbook is closed. You can place automatic procedures in any Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications module in the workbook. A workbook-level automatic procedure is identified by its name (that is, Auto_Close or Auto_Open) as it appears in the module.

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To create an Auto_Close procedure, use the following steps:

1. In the module sheet you want to store the procedure in, create a new procedure named Sub Auto_Close().

2. Write the code for the procedure.

3. End the procedure with the code "End Sub" (without the quotation marks).

Auto_Close procedures run just before the workbook closes. You may want to use this type of procedure to restore menu bars or toolbars, or to close and save workbooks.

Example

   ' Auto_Close macro to save the active workbook.

   Sub Auto_Close()
      ActiveWorkbook.Save
   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about Auto_Close procedures, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel Help, type the following text

   Auto_Close Procedures

"Microsoft Excel Visual Basic Programmer's Guide," pages 208-210

"Microsoft Excel Visual Basic User's Guide," version 5.0, pages 266-267